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I welcome any basic critiques to improve this summary of B cells and their role in the immune system producing neutralising antibodies. It is poorly synthesised, heavily quoted (without quotation marks) and I do not have a science background or much academic training in this regard (most of my training is in the fine arts) so it may leave something to be desired – or a lot.
Antibody, also called immunoglobulin, is a protective protein produced by the immune system in response to the presence of a foreign substance, called an antigen.Antibodies are produced by specialised white blood cells called B lymphocytes (or B cells). They are one of two types of lymphocytes. B cells are involved in so-called humoral immunity.
When activated by an antigen, a circulating B cell multiplies to form a clone of plasma cells, each secreting identical immunoglobulin molecules. It is such immunoglobulins—derived from the descendants of a single B cell—that are called monoclonal antibodies. Millions of these antibodies enter into the bloodstream and lymphatic system.
The neutralising antibodies bind specifically to surface structures (antigen) on an infectious particle, these neutralising antibodies prevent the particle from interacting with its host cells it might infect and destroy. A neutralising antibody defends a cell from a pathogen or infectious particle by neutralising any effect it has biologically. Neutralisation renders the particle no longer infectious or pathogenic.
https://www.britannica.com/science/antibody
https://www.britannica.com/science/monoclonal-antibody
https://www.britannica.com/science/B-cell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralizing_antibody
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