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Question
Answer the following question.
Differentiate between the roles of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes in generating immune responses.
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Solution
| T lymphocytes | B lymphocytes |
| Originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus. | They are born and also mature in the bone marrow. |
| T cells multiply and differentiate into helper, regulatory, or cytotoxic T cells or become memory T cells. | B lymphocyte differentiates into a plasma cell, which secretes immunoglobulin. |
| T cells are involved in cell-mediated immunity | B cells are primarily responsible for humoral immunity (relating to antibodies). |
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