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What's the Difference? B-cells and T-cells


When the body is invaded by bacteria, a virus or parasites, an immune alarm goes off, setting off a chain reaction of cellular activity in the immune system. Macrophages or other innate immune cells, such as basophils, dendritic cells or neutrophils, may be deployed to help attack the invading pathogen. Those cells often do the job, and the invader is destroyed. But sometimes, when the body needs a more sophisticated attack, it turns to its T-cells and B-cells. These cells are the special ops of the immune system—a line of defense that uses past behaviors and interactions to learn to recognize specific foreign threats and attack them when they reappear.

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MAY 30, 2017 | BY CTCA

“They may also play a critical role in the development and treatment of cancer. T-cells, especially, are the focal point for two emerging immunotherapy treatments: checkpoint inhibitors, which have been federally approved to treat multiple cancers, and CAR T-cell therapy, which is being studied in clinical trials as a potential treatment for cancers of the bloodstream, such as leukemia and lymphoma.”