B memory cells... please help -.-

[spherelin]

okay guys, this is like my 3rd post on here today but WHATEVER lmfao.
anyway so on the 2nd exposure to a pathogen do B memory cells stimulate plasma cells to make antibodies quickly? OR do they stimulate more B cells to proliferate into more plasma cells triggering a bigger production of anitbodies... or do B memory cells turn into plasma cells themselves or some shit lmfao.

okay thanks guys.

[jalamoushi]

on the second exposure to the same antigen, B memory cells function by producing a more rapid response against the pathogen because they stimulate the production of antibodies much quicker.

[Daenerys Targaryen]

and because they can skip the first part where it must be englufed etc etc

[spherelin]

i'm freaking freaking out. but okay this is slowly making sense now... so since the antigens don't have to be engulfed by phagocytes etc, does that mean that the antibodies (wtf are they antibodies on the B/T memory cells) can bind freely with the antigen?

[ligands]

for starters there is no antibody on t cells
to stimulate an intial immune response the antigen needs to be engulfed by an APC (dendritic/macrophage and i think bcells also)