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Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Can you name the 2 types of cells of the specific immune system and where they mature?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    T cells belong to a group of white blood cells known as lymphocytes and play a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocyte types, such as B cells and NK cells by the presence of a special receptor on their cell surface that is called the T cell receptor (TCR). The abbreviation "T", in T cell, stands for thymus since it is the principal organ for their development.

    Cytotoxic T cells,Helper T cells,Memory T cells,Regulatory T cells,Natural Killer T cells,γδ T cells, are the different types,

    All T cells originate from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Hematopoietic progenitors derived from hematopoietic stem cells populate the thymus and expand by cell division to generate a large population of immature thymocytes

    B cells are lymphocytes that play a large role in the humoral immune response as opposed to the cell-mediated immune response that is governed by T cells. The abbreviation "B" comes from bursa of Fabricius that is an organ in birds in which avian B cells mature. The principal function of B cells is to make antibodies against soluble antigens. B cells are an essential component of the adaptive immune system.

    B cells are produced in the bone marrow of most mammals. Rabbits are an exception; their B cells develop in the appendix-sacculus rotundus.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    T-cells mature in the thymus and B cells mature in the bone marrow.

  • 5 years ago

    granulocytes, macrophages and lymphocytes lymphocytes are born in the bone marrow but mature in lymph nodes passive and aquired

  • 1 decade ago

    B-lymphocytes (mature in the lymph nodes) and T-lymphocytes (mature in the thymus).

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