How to Use plasma cell in a Sentence
plasma cell
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The video shows the sun's surface, which is made up of plasma cells that are each roughly the size of Texas.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2020
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An antibody is a protein made by plasma cells in response to infection and is a sign of the body's attempt to fight the virus.
—Fox News, 8 May 2020
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The disease is cancer in plasma cells found in bone marrow, an important part of the immune system.
—Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2018
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Scalise said he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells called plasma cells.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2023
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Six of the seven focused on multiple myeloma, a form of cancer that develops in plasma cells.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
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Daniel Swift, a lawyer who worked in Mr. Bassiouni’s legal practice, said the cause was complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in plasma cells.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2017
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Among its soldiers are white blood cells, known for their ability to find and kill invaders, and plasma cells, which produce antibodies.
—Trisha Pasricha Md and Mph, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
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The cancer starts in a subgroup of white blood cells called plasma cells that normally make antibodies to fight infection.
—Karen Weintraub, STAT, 29 May 2018
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In this cancer, a type of white cell called a plasma cell creates abnormal fibers that can break down and form the characteristic saw-toothed fibers of amyloidosis.
—New York Times, 28 July 2021
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It’s made by plasma cells, the infection-fighting blood cells that turn malignant in multiple myeloma.
—Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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After a person is infected with a pathogen, plasma cells produce antibodies to fight it off, which can linger in blood long after the infection dies down.
—Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2020
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Christi Shaw, the president of Lilly Bio-Medicines, talked about becoming the caregiver for her sister with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in plasma cells.
—Alexandra Sifferlin, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2018
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Beyond his beloved brisket tacos, an open-hearted Zavala talks about his 2019 diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a plasma cell cancer.
—Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
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Out-of-control plasma cells simultaneously crowd out healthy blood cells and produce destructive proteins.
—Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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Lastly, myeloma prevents the normal production of antibodies by affecting the body's plasma cells.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
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Eighty-five per cent of drug-resistant patients with multiple myeloma—a malignancy of the blood’s plasma cells—have either a complete or a partial response to the therapy, but more than a third of complete responders relapse within a year.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
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When cancerous, these plasma cells produce abnormal proteins that damage organs.
—Karen Weintraub, STAT, 29 May 2018
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