The majority of cells in the human brain are not nerve cells but star-shaped glia cells, the so called "astroglia".

人脑大部分细胞并非神经细胞，而是星状胶质细胞。

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Then ischemia stimulates hypertrophic and proliferative changes in astroglia and induces it produce inflammatory factors involved in the initiation of immunologic cascade.

脑缺血后星形胶质细胞作为中枢神经系统第一个受损的细胞，出现肥大、增殖，并合成表达多种炎症介质，启动免疫级联反应。

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