What a Clinical Hematologist should Know about B Cells?
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma *
Department of Hemato-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075, India.
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Abstract
B cells are very crucial part of our immune system. They protect us from various infections by secreting antigen-specific antibodies, which neutralize the infectious agents. It is important for a clinical hematologist to know about the B cell development, function and the diseases developing from the quantitative or qualitative defects in B cells. This simple and short review is focused on the basic understanding and clinical hematologist’s perspective of B cells.
Keywords: Clinical hematologist, B cells, immune system, stem cell transplantation