Letter C

Cell, plasma

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A type of white blood cell that produces and secretes antibodies.

A plasma cell is a fully differentiated lymphocyte in the B-cell (not the T-cell) lineage.

As with most cell types, plasma cells can mutate to give rise to cancer.

Plasma cell malignancies include multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, and plasma cell leukemia

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