How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System

Re:How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System by panabee on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @06:17PM (#24985137)

is it possible that other cancer cells are further downstream mutations of B cells? thanks for sharing. sorry if these are dumb questions.

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Re:How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System by flobosg on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @11:22AM (#24990390)

It is unlikely, given that B cells are already differentiated. This means that they are unable to change into another cell type.

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Re:How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System by panabee on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @07:32PM (#24994559)

thanks for the clarification.

phrased another way: could the same process that spawns these legions of B cells also inadvertently spawn cancer cells?

related: healthy cells exhibit properties that allow them to go ignored by the immune system, similar to a VIP pass for bypassing security at a basketball game. is this right? if yes, what are the minimal properties that constitute this cellular VIP pass?

thanks for your help.

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