Plasma Cell Overview

Encyclopedia: Plasma Cell

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Plasma cells are cells of the immune system that secrete large amounts of antibodies. They differentiate from B cells upon stimulation by CD4 lymphocytes. The B cell acts as an antigen presenting cell , consuming an offending pathogen. That pathogen gets taken up by the B cell by receptor mediated endocytosis, and broken down within these endosomes after fusion with lysosomes releasing proteolytic enzymes onto the pathogen. Once the...
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Is it B cell receptors that are released as antibodies when plasma cells encounter antigen?...
Or are the antibodies released just inside the plasma cells and the B cell receptors...

It's the second. The B cell surface antibodies trigger the relase of the same antibody from within the B cell, called a plasma cell in its activated form From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_cell , I...

Asked by jon j - 8 months ago

Biology - Which of the following ahderes to the extracellular surface of animal cell plasma...
Please help me with this question: Which of the following adheres to the extracellular surface of...

E A are typically in the membrane for transport of large and polar molecules B are inside the cell C is embedded in the membrane D is what makes up the membrane

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