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bruton's tyrosine kinase
cd22
germinal center
b lymphocyte
follicular dendritic cell
antibodies
humoral immunity
memory b cell
atacicept
plasma cell
clonal selection
cd21
ibritumomab tiuxetan
cd20
waldenström's macroglobulinemia
bone marrow
ibrutinib
lymphocyte
bcr
galiximab
monoclonal antibody
cd19
bursa
immune system
polyclonal antibody
Definitions:
Noun
B cell
B lymphocyte
Definition: a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
Definition: A lymphocyte, developed in the bursa of birds and the bone marrow of other animals, that produces antibodies and is co-responsible for the immune system.