False-colour transmission electron micrograph of a human plasmocyte, a mature B-lymphocyte (white blood cell) that synthesizes & secretes antibodies f

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False-colour transmission electron micrograph of a human plasmocyte, a mature B-lymphocyte (white blood cell) that synthesizes & secretes antibodies for the immune system. Characteristic of a plasma cell is the parallel array of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, (yellow/green), the cisternae (elements) of which become dilated with antibodies (immunoglobulins). Antibodies produced by a single plasma cell are of one specificity and immunoglobulin class. Magnification: x4200 at 6x7cm size.

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Photo credit: © CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -lymphocyte, anatomy, antibody, blood, body, cell, cells, endoplasmic, false-coloured, heterochromatin, human, immune, mature, plasma, plasmocyte, production, reticulum, rough, site, white