Preferred Label : Marginal Zone B-Lymphocyte of Nodal Type;
NCIt definition : A lymphocyte found in the marginal zones of lymph nodes. It has a naive B lymphoid
lineage and plays an important role in the early phases of immune response with its
ability to rapidly differentiate into an antibody secreting cell. These cells can
directly activate T cells, interact with other antigen presenting cells, transporting
and concentrating antigen during the course of T-dependent and T-independent immune
responses.;
Origin ID : C38322;
UMLS CUI : C1512993;
Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
- is_normal_cell_origin_of_disease
