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B cell
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B cell

One of the two types of lymphocytes (the others being T cells). All lymphocytes begin their development in the bone marrow. B cells are involved in so-called humoral immunity; on encountering a foreign substance (antigen), the B lymphocyte differentiates into a plasma cell, which secretes immunoglobulin (see antibody).

B cell [′bē ‚sel]
(immunology)
One of a heterogeneous population of bone-marrow-derived lymphocytes which participates in the immune responses. Also known as B lymphocyte.
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[2,6] These previously published findings suggest that nodal MZL is a monoclonal proliferation of neoplastic cells, which may potentially originate from any of these marginal zone B-lymphocyte subsets.
Primary Nodal Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma Arising From More Than ... by Finch, Clara N.; Nichols, Margaret; Shrimpton, Antony; Liu, Dating; Hutchison, Robert E. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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