Question

You develop a mutation in which your body’s plasma cells are severely reduced in number. How would this likely affect your response to an invading bacterium, such as Staphylococcus?

The production of memory cells following attack would be reduced

The production of T and B cells in the bone marrow would be reduced

Your body would have a lower diversity of circulating B cells

The production of antibodies following clonal selection would be reduced

Circulating B cells would fail to react to antigens

Answer 1

The production of antibodies following clonal selection would be reduced.

As the plasma cells are reduced there will not be enough plasma cell to produce huge amount of antibodies.