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RE: Ingested Microbe and Immune Response
An activated B-Cell will then proliferate and differentiate into memory B-Cells (which “forever” remembers the antigen that caused its activation) and plasma cells which secretes antibodies specific for the antigen that was presented to the parent B-Cell. These antibodies attack and cause the destruction of any remaining microbial cell from which the antigen came or which carries the antigen.
I always wondered whether due to them technically being a lipid in nature that in situations of starvation that if they get churned into ketones whether that "memory" is lost :(
Thanks for stopping by. memory B-Cells cannot be used up by the body during starvation. The memory lasts for virtually the individual's lifetime.
That’s a madness never could wrap my head around the specificity of what the body will destroy and keep in times of need great article btw