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SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|medical science|immunology
B-chill chuimhne Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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memory B cell | MBC | memory B lymphocyte
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Definition "B cell sub-type formed following primary infection and which persists after the resolution of infection" Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on: - Whitney E. Purtha, Thomas F. Tedder, Syd Johnson, Deepta Bhattacharya, Michael S. Diamond. 'Memory B cells, but not long-lived plasma cells, possess antigen specificities for viral escape mutants' (20.10.2021). Journal of Experimental Medicine (2011) 208 (13): 2599–2606- Ciocca M, Zaffina S, Fernandez Salinas A, Bocci C, Palomba P, Conti MG, Terreri S, Frisullo G, Giorda E, Scarsella M, Brugaletta R, Vinci MR, Magnavita N, Carsetti R and Piano Mortari E (2021) 'Evolution of Human Memory B Cells From Childhood to Old Age' (20.10.2021). Frontiers in Immunology 12:690534. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.690534"
Comment Following a primary infection, the majority of the cells produced by the responding naïve B cells differentiate into plasma cells, also called effector B cells (which produce the antibodies) and clear away with the resolution of infection.