A naïve B cell recognises and binds to a polysaccharide from S.aureus. What is likely to happen next?Group of answer choicesThe B cell will enter into the germinal centre reactionThe B cell will differentiate to a short-lived plasma cellThe B cell begin to express CD40L on the cell surfaceThe B cell will phagocytose the polysaccharide and present it on MHC-II to a T follicular helper cell
Question
A naïve B cell recognises and binds to a polysaccharide from S.aureus. What is likely to happen next?Group of answer choicesThe B cell will enter into the germinal centre reactionThe B cell will differentiate to a short-lived plasma cellThe B cell begin to express CD40L on the cell surfaceThe B cell will phagocytose the polysaccharide and present it on MHC-II to a T follicular helper cell
Solution
The B cell will differentiate to a short-lived plasma cell.
Here's the step by step process:
- The naive B cell recognizes and binds to a polysaccharide from S.aureus. This is possible because the B cell receptor
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