How to Use plasma cell in a Sentence

plasma cell

noun
  • Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells.
    — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Multiple myeloma affects plasma cells, a type of white blood cell produced in the bone marrow.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell in your bone marrow.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Cancerous plasma cells build up in bone marrow in cases of multiple myeloma.
    — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
  • Six of the seven focused on multiple myeloma, a form of cancer that develops in plasma cells.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Cancerous plasma cells reduce the production of the white blood cells that support your immune system.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
  • With a transplant, a patient is bombarded with high-dose chemotherapy to kill the cancerous plasma cells.
    — David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • With a transplant, a patient is bombarded with high-dose chemotherapy to kill the cancerous plasma cells.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 8 May 2025
  • 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
  • After coming into contact with a pathogen, B cells form memory B cells and plasma cells.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 8 Sep. 2024
  • It’s made by plasma cells, the infection-fighting blood cells that turn malignant in multiple myeloma.
    — Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The condition is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Healthy plasma cells help fight infections by making proteins called antibodies.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Multiple myeloma is a chronic (long-term) blood cancer that affects plasma cells made in the bone marrow, which is spongy tissue found inside bones.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Multiple myeloma is a cancer which forms in white blood cells called plasma cells, according to Mayo Clinic.
    — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
  • In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood-forming cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The director’s cause of death has been reported as complications related to secondary plasma cell leukemia.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 June 2024
  • 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
  • Measles targets cells in the body, such as plasma cells and memory cells, that contain those immunologic memories, destroying some of them in the process.
    — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • When cancerous, these plasma cells produce abnormal proteins that damage organs.
    — Karen Weintraub, STAT, 29 May 2018
  • Multiple myeloma may weaken the immune system when plasma cells become cancerous.
    — Barbara Brody, Health, 9 June 2024
  • Out-of-control plasma cells simultaneously crowd out healthy blood cells and produce destructive proteins.
    — Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The popular radio co-host is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects the plasma cells in bone marrow.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The cancer attacks plasma cells, limiting their ability to produce the antibodies that the human body needs to fight off infections.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024

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