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B LYMPHOCYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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Hypernyms ("B lymphocyte" is a kind of...):
lymph cell; lymphocyte (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)
Context examples:
A mature B lymphocyte that expresses IgM and IgD.
(Naive Pregerminal Center B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
Stimulation of the growth of normal cells, e.g., mitogen activation of B lymphocytes, is accompanied by an increase in nucleophosmin protein level.
(Nucleophosmin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)
A monoclonal antibody that targets CD20, a B-cell-specific cell surface protein expressed on mature B lymphocytes.
(Monoclonal Antibody B1, NCI Thesaurus)
An antibody produced by B lymphocytes to the hepatitis B surface antigen as part of the immune response to hepatitis B viral infection.
(Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
An antibody produced by B lymphocytes in response to hepatitis B hepadnaviral infection.
(Hepatitis B Virus Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
An antibody produced by B lymphocytes to the hepatitis B core antigen as part of the immune response to hepatitis B viral infection.
(Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
BTK, a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase and member of the Tec family of kinases, plays an important role in B lymphocyte development, activation, signaling, proliferation and survival.
(BTK Inhibitor CC-292, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, fast-growing type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many white blood cells called B lymphocytes form in the blood and bone marrow.
(Burkitt leukemia, NCI Dictionary)
BTK, a member of the src-related BTK/Tec family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases, is overexpressed in B-cell malignancies; it plays an important role in B lymphocyte development, activation, signaling, proliferation and survival.
(BTK Inhibitor ACP-196, NCI Thesaurus)
B lymphocytes are part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow.
(B lymphocyte, NCI Dictionary)
