Rheumatoid Arthritis – T-cells and B-cells

There are different types of arthritis and we’ll get to that in a minute.

But first let’s focus on rheumatoid arthritis.

Where does it all go wrong?

This which you can see here are the B and T immune cells of the human body.

The B cells can produce the so called rheumatoid factor.

Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that can create complexes with other antibodies and

then deposit in the joints and contribute to the chronic inflammation of the joints.

The T cells of the immune system will not produce antibodies and rheumatoid factor, but

they can produce cytokines.

Cytokines are pro-inflammatory molecules that cause inflammation and destruction of the tissue and the joints.