How do plasma cells produce antibodies?

During the process of Lymphopoiesis, the Bone Marrow produces the lymphocytes. The lymphocytes produced by the bone marrow matures in two different places. They are Thymus and Bone Marrow. read more

The Plasma cells produce Antibodies to that particular antigen. The memory cells are specific cells which remain inactivated and remembers the antigen. When the same antigen enters the body for the second time, the Memory cells responds quickly and produces the antibodies against them. read more

Since B cell maturation also involves somatic hypermutation (a process completed before differentiation into a plasma cell), these antibodies frequently have a very high affinity for their antigen. Plasma cells can only produce a single kind of antibody in a single class of immunoglobulin. read more

Antibodies defend us against infection by binding to viruses and microbial toxins, thereby inactivating them (see Figure 24-2). The binding of antibodies to invading pathogens also recruits various types of white blood cells and a system of blood proteins, collectively called complement (discussed in Chapter 25). read more