Question

1. What do B cells do once activated?

2. What is unusual about what the activated B cells do in clearance deficiency?

Answer 1

1. After activation of B cell, the forms B memory cells and Plasma cells. Plasma cells form the antibodies while B memory cells store the information about the encounter of the pathogen. These antibodies binds to the pathogenic antigen and cause their opsonization and neutralization.

2. B cells do not directly in clearance mechanism but it facilitates in the immune clearance by forming antibodies that helps in opsonization of the pathogen and facilitating their removal