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Lymphocete

Lymphocete

There are two kinds of lymphocytes, the B and the T-lymphocytes. In the adult, both types of lymphocytes ate derived from common stem cells in the bone-marrow. In the foetus they are also formed in the yolk-sac, the firer and also possibly the thymus. The T-lymphocytes (or thymus-dependent lymphocytes) migrate to the thymus, where they come under the influence of the hormone thymosin and become immunologically competent.

They are involved in the cellular type of immunological reactions (cellular immunity), like rejection of foreign tissue. The B-lymphocytes are so named because in birds they develop in the bursa of Fabricius, a mass of lymphoid tissue near the cloaca. There is no bursa Fabricius in mammals, but the corresponding tissue may be the lymphoid tissue of the intestine, appendix and tonsils. The B-lymphocytes are involved in the production of antibodies(humoral immunity).

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