B Cell

B cells (abbreviated "B" for the bursa of Fabricius, an organ uniqe to birds where B cells mature; the "B" does not stand for bone marrow, where they are created in all other vertebrates) are lymphocytes that play a large role in the primary immune response.

There are two types of B cells:

Plasma B cells secrete antibodies which effect the destruction of antigens by binding to them and making them easier targets for phagocytes.
Memory B cells are formed specific to the antigen(s) encountered during the primary immune response; able to live for a long time, these cells can respond quickly upon second exposure to the antigen for which they are specific.

Humoral immunity (the creation of antibodies that circulate in blood plasma and lymph) involves B cell activation.

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Language		Translations for "B cell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lymphoblast B (lymphoblastic B cell disorder). (various references)

Dutch		lymfoblastoom B (lymphoblastic B cell disorder). (various references)

Finnish		B-lymfosyytti (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte), B-imusolu (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

French		lymphocyte B (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell). (various references)

German		B-Zelle (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte), B-Lymphozyt (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

Greek		�' λεμφοκύτταρο (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

Italian		linfocito B (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte), cellula B (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

Pig Latin		bay ellcay.(various references)

Portuguese		linfócito B (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

Spanish		linfocito B (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)

Swedish		B-lymfocyt (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte), B-cell (B lymphocyte, B lymphocyte cell, bursa derived lymphocyte, bursa equivalent lymphocyte, bursal equivalent lymphoid cell, bursal lymphoid cell, thymus-independent lymphocyte). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: B Cell

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	Words within the letters "b-c-e-l-l"
	-1 letter: bell, cell.
	-2 letters: bel, cel, ell.
	-3 letters: be, el.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-l-l"
	+2 letters: bullace, cowbell, subcell.
	+3 letters: balletic, blackleg, brucella, bullaces, bullneck, caballed, callable, closable, clubable, cowbells, culpable, lockable, placable, scalable, subcells, wellcurb.
	+4 letters: allocable, bellicose, bellyache, blacklead, blacklegs, brucellae, brucellas, bullnecks, caballero, cellblock, cerebella, claimable, cleanable, clearable, cleavable, climbable, closeable, clubbable, colorable, corbeille, corbelled, curveball, electable, leachable, locatable, placeable, screwball, shellback, sliceable, subcellar, wellcurbs.
	+5 letters: applicable, backfilled, barcarolle, bellyached, bellyacher, bellyaches, bimetallic, blackflies, blackleads, blastocoel, bleachable, brilliance, brocatelle, bullnecked, caballeros, calculable, cancelable, cellblocks, cellobiose, cerebellar, cerebellum, cerebrally, chelatable, clubhauled, coagulable, cockbilled, collarbone, coralbells, corbeilles, corbelling, cranesbill, cultivable, curveballs, declarable, declinable, delectable, delectably, ebullience, ebulliency, excludable, excludible, explicable, explicably, implacable, inclinable, includable, includible, inculpable, licensable, recallable, reclosable, recyclable, replicable, screwballs, selectable, shellbacks, subcellars, subcollege, tablecloth, unscalable.
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Domain	Definition
Medicine	B lymphocyte:cell which develops in the bursa of Fabricius in the avian species and in the bone marrow in mammalian species and which proliferates in germinal centers in response to antigenic stimuli and which eventually matures into antibody-secreting plasma cell. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	B1 Lymphocytes in B Cell Neoplasia: 16th Workshop on the Mechanisms of B Cell Neoplasia 1999 (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 252) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Each B cell is programmed to make one specific antibody. (references)
		Because of B cell defects, these boys cannot make antibodies against some types of bacteria. (references)
		The B cell uses its receptor to bind a matching antigen, which it proceeds to engulf and process. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

B Cell

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