Antibody-Mediated (Humoral) Immunity
The antibody-mediated or humoral immunity is that where the B-lymphocytes synthesize antibodies response to the detection of antigens and these antibodies counteract with those antigens. Antibody-mediated immunity is often referred to as humoral immunity because the antibody molecules flow extracellularly through the blood and other vital body fluids which are called humors in Greek. The precursors of B-lymphocytes, which originate [...]