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A better understanding of the roles of microglia and astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases is essential for developing effective therapies. In this review, we discuss the roles of inflammatory response in neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on the contributions of microglia and astrocytes and their relationship. In addition, we discuss biomarkers to measure neuroinflammation and studies on therapeutic drugs that can modulate neuroinflammation.</jats:p>","journal":"Translational Neurodegeneration","year":2020,"id":17245,"datarank":7.399081562027991,"base_score":7.820037989458753,"endowment":7.820037989458753,"self_citation_contribution":1.173005698418813,"citation_network_contribution":6.226075863609178,"self_endowment_contribution":1.173005698418813,"citer_contribution":6.226075863609178,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":2489,"citer_count":200,"citers_with_citation_signal":200,"citers_with_endowment":200,"datacite_reuse_total":25,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":124010,"name":"Seong-Ho 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