it is a lymphocytes that plays a large role in humeral immune response.
It also helps in making antibodies.
The b-cells are the memory cells, there function is to remember what cured you're your infection/sickness last time you had it (it remembers exactly what you body used to rid of the infection/sickness) ex. The reason people only get chicken pox's once.
B-cell multiply are produce chemical weapons, antibodies. Each B-cell produces a single type of antibodies which display along the cell membrane. The B-cells are released from the bone marrow and then enter the circulatory system.
B cells secrete (produce) substance, called antibodies, which stick to the antigen. When that happens, it alerts the T helper cells to come over and ether:
1. help the B cells destroy the antigen, or
2. call the phagocytes or T killer cells to move in for the kill
T killer cells are really good at finding and killing cells that have been infected by a virus
A lymphocyte that makes antibodies?
A lymphocyte that makes antibodies.
mature naive bcell
there are different types of b cell and t cell. both are lymphocytes, a subclass of white blood cell. the t cells are mainly used in identifying antigens and releasing chemicals which attact macrophages (big immune cells which 'eat' antigens), to destroy the antigen. b cells are used in the production of antibodies. when they encounter a new antigen, plasma cells and memory cells are formed from the division of a b cell. the memory cell remembers the antigen and which antibody to use, while the plasma cell makes the antibodies to fight a particular antigen or class of antigens