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Lymphocytes are the adaptive immune cells that cooperate to make antibodies
Lymphocytes are white blood cells that run adaptive immunity
- Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell and make up about 25% of your white blood cells.
- They are small cells with a large round nucleus and a thin rim of cytoplasm.
- They circulate in the bloodstream, ready to respond to infection.
- They also gather in the lymphatic system, where lymph nodes fill with lymphocytes and swell during infection.
Note
- The lymphatic system acts as a highway that moves immune cells quickly to sites of infection.
There are two types of lymphocyte: B-cells and T-cells
- B-lymphocytes (B-cells)
- They make antibodies, and they mature in the bone marrow.
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- C3.2.6 Lymphocytes as cells in the adaptive immune system that cooperate to produce antibodies
- C3.2.7 Antigens as recognition molecules that trigger antibody production
- C3.2.8 Activation of B-lymphocytes by helper T-lymphocytes
- C3.2.9 Multiplication of activated B-lymphocytes
- C3.2.10 Immunity as a consequence of retaining memory cells