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What are the similarities between plasma cells and B cells?
Posted November 29, 2023
Antibodies and Proteomics BioconjugationB CellsCell SignalingCellular Processes
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B cells and plasma cells are two types of white blood cells that perform vital roles in adaptive immunity by producing antibodies. Both are agranular in nature and do not contain granules in the cytoplasm. Both have a large, round nucleus. 

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