Lymphocytes
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- Created on: 17-12-13 20:15
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- Lymphocytes
- B lymphoctyes (B Cells)
- associated with humoral immunity i.e. immunity involving antibodies that are present in body fluids
- formed from stem cells and mature in the bone marrow
- Produces antibodies
- Responds to foreign material outside body cells
- Responds to bacteria and viruses
- T lymphoctyes
- associated with cell - mediated immunity i.e. immunity involving body cells
- formed from stem cells found in the bone marrow but mature in the thymus gland
- Responds to foreign material inside body cells
- Responds to own cells altered by viruses or cancer and to transplanted tissues
- B lymphoctyes (B Cells)
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