RT Book, Section
A1 Levinson, Warren
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter
A1 Joyce, Elizabeth A.
A1 Nussbaum, Jesse
A1 Schwartz, Brian
SR Print(0)
ID 1171926486
T1 Adaptive Immunity: B Cells & Antibodies
T2 Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260116717
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171926486
RD 2024/04/19
AB B  cells  perform  two  important  functions:  (1)  they  differentiate  into  plasma  cells  that  produce  antibodies  and  (2)  they  differentiate  into  long-lasting  memory  cells  that  respond  robustly  and  rapidly  to  reinfection.  Antibodies  are  the  principal  defense  used  by  the  immune  system  to  prevent  infection  because,  by  binding  to  the  microbes’  surfaces,  they  can  inhibit  them  from  attaching  to  target  cells  and/or  recruit  innate  immune  killing  mechanisms.  Antibodies  can  also  inhibit  toxins  such  as  those  made  by  tetanus  and  diphtheria.  Nearly  all  vaccines  are  designed  to  generate  these  protective,  or  neutralizing,  antibodies.