BIOL-242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Antigen-Presenting Cell, Bone Marrow, B Cell

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Chapter 21. 4 | b and t lymphocytes and. Three crucial types of cells in the adaptive immune system. B lymphocytes (b cells) // oversee humoral immunity. T lymphocytes (t cells) // non-antibody-producing lymphocytes that constitute the cellular arm of adaptive immunity. Antigen-presenting cells (apcs) // pray essential auxiliary roles. T cells cannot recognize their antigens without apcs. Maturation is a two- to three-day process that occurs in the red bone marrow for b cells and in the thymus for t cells. Primary lymphoid organs are the lymphoid organs where the lymphocytes mature (thymus and red bone marrow). 1: immunocompetence // the ability of each lymphocyte to recognize its one specific antigen by binding to it. Lymphocytes going to be t cells migrate to thymus and mature. Naive b cells and t cells are exported from the primary lymphoid organs to seed (colonize) the secondary lymphoid organs - lymph nodes, spleen, and so on-where they are likely to encounter antigens.

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