HUMORAL IMMUNITY - SUMMARY

 

We can now summarise B-cell lymphocyte differentiation with the diagram below.

 
REFLECTION

Spend a little time reflecting on the separate types of immunoglobulin, then make a summary of each:
IgG
IgA
IgM
IgE
IgD

Try and do this, without first of all looking back at the section on immunoglobulins.

answer

The workload of the B-cell lymphocytes is less diverse than that of the T-cell lymphocytes, but is no less important.

This workload can be summarised as:
Important in fighting Bacteria
The immunoglobulins help to Bind phagocytes to immunogens
They trigger off the classical pathway of the complement system (think of BC).