B-Lymphocytes
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Specific Cell Characteristics: cont=d
1.Lymphocytes - continued
˜ B - lymphocyte characteristics: continued
ematuration stages: cont=d
UMemory-B
lymphocyte
-has both IgM and IgD
-has specificity for antigen
-able to respond to antigen more rapidly
˜ B -
lymphocyte function:
efollowing
antigenic stimulation they differentiate into plasma cells which produce antibodies
emay act as
antigen-presenting-cells by presenting antigen with MHC II molecules
