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plasma cell
- Term ID
- CL:0000786
- Synonyms
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- effector B cell
- effector B-cell
- plasma B cell
- plasma B-cell
- plasmacyte
- plasmocyte
- Definition
- A terminally differentiated, post-mitotic, antibody secreting cell of the B cell lineage with the phenotype CD138-positive, surface immunonoglobulin-negative, and MHC Class II-negative. Plasma cells are oval or round with extensive rough endoplasmic reticulum, a well-developed Golgi apparatus, and a round nucleus having a characteristic cartwheel heterochromatin pattern and are devoted to producing large amounts of immunoglobulin. (7)
- References
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- BTO:0000392
- FMA:70574
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
- develops from
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- is a type of
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- has subtype
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- has_part
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- has_plasma_membrane_part
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- lacks_plasma_membrane_part
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