Lymphoid follicle

- nodular structures composed of lymphocytes. In the absence of immune stimulation, they ae called primary follicles and are composed of small b lymphocytes. With antigenic stimulation the b lymphocytes replicate and differentiate, to give rise to secondary follicles which are composed of germinal centers and are surrounded by mantle zones.

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