Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses and their Differences

Immune Systems
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Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses and their Differences
The humoral immune system, also known as antibody-mediated resistance, produces antibodies to counter specific antigens in conjunction with the helper T cells and the B cells. The humoral immune response protects the extracellular space by producing B cells that eradicate extracellular microorganisms preventing intracellular maladies (A, Travers, Walport, & Shlomchik, 2019). The helper T cells facilitate the B cells activation as well as differentiating them into antibodies. On the other hand, a cellular immune response occurs inside the infected cell, and the process is interceded by T lymphocytes. As a result, antigens present in the pathogens are eliminated on the surface of the cells. In cellular immunity, Helper T cells facilitate the release of cytokines that helps T cells already activated link with the MHC-antigen of the infected cells differentiating the T cell into cytotoxic T cells that eliminate cells producing foreign antigens (Janeway, Travers, Walport, & Shlomchik, 2013). The main difference between these two immune systems is that in humoral immunity, antigen-specific antibodies are formed while there is no production of antibodies in cellular immunity. The infected cells are destroyed by T cells by apoptosis stimulation.
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