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Dr. A. Giri
Dept. of Life Science
Assam University
Autumn 2018
Body’s Defense system:
Immune response:
The External barriers to infections
Immune response
blood flow
cytokines chemokines
2. Provides necessary
microenvironment for antigen-
dependent differentiation
The Lymph Node B cell rich area
contains germinal center B cells have not seen antigen
B cells have seen antigen
and are differentiating
Cleaning up debris
Ab
lymph fluid, antigens production
white blood cells enter here Blood enters
and exits
lymphatic
regulate B cell differentiation fluid with
and antibody production Ab and
cells exits
B cell maturation
antibody production