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Course, academic year 2026/2027
   
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology - CPVL082
Title: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology
Form of teaching: course
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmacology 3FM CU (12-FARM)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
Points: 1
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/15, C [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (15)
Maximum number of enrolled students: 15
Min. number of students: 3
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Additional information: http://intended for students of fourth-sixth year
Repeated enrollment: 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: PharmDr. Chrysostomos Charalambous, Ph.D.
Comes under: AVSEOB-PVK-3 (ZÁPIS)
AVSEOB-PVK-4 (ZÁPIS)
AVSEOB1-PVK-3 (ZÁPIS)
AVSEOB1-PVK-4 (ZÁPIS)
Pre-requisite : C1VL001
Schedule   
Annotation -
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology is designed for 5th year medical students as a clinically oriented bridge between basic immunology, pharmacology, and patient care. The course focuses on how immune modifying drugs act, when they are used, how they may cause harm, and how adverse effects can be prevented, recognized, managed, and reported. The seminars combine short theoretical introductions with case based discussions, monitoring checklists, and adverse drug reaction exercises. Students are expected to apply immunological and pharmacological knowledge to real clinical situations, including autoimmune disease, allergy, asthma, transplantation, cancer immunotherapy, biologic therapy, and drug induced immune reactions. A major emphasis is placed on patient safety. Students learn to assess risk before treatment, plan appropriate screening and monitoring, recognize serious immunotoxicity, counsel patients, and understand the importance of pharmacovigilance. By the end of the course, students should be able to reason safely and systematically about immune modifying drugs in clinical practice.
Last update: Charalambous Chrysostomos, PharmDr., Ph.D. (22.05.2026)
Course completion requirements -
Credit will be awarded based on attendance, active participation in seminars, and successful completion of a final multiple-choice question test. To pass the course, students must achieve a minimum score of 70% on the final test and attend at least 70% of the scheduled teaching sessions.
Last update: Charalambous Chrysostomos, PharmDr., Ph.D. (22.05.2026)
Syllabus -

Syllabus: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Seminar 1: Foundations of Immunopharmacology

Introduction to how drugs interact with the immune system. Students review the major components of innate and adaptive immunity, including T cells, B cells, cytokines, complement, and immune checkpoints, with emphasis on drug targets.

Seminar 2: Anti Inflammatory and Antiallergic Drugs

Overview of drugs used to treat inflammation, allergy, asthma, urticaria, and anaphylaxis. Topics include corticosteroids, antihistamines, leukotriene antagonists, biologics for allergic disease, and emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.

Seminar 3: Conventional Immunosuppressive Drugs

Study of traditional immunosuppressive agents used in autoimmune diseases and transplantation. Topics include methotrexate, azathioprine, mycophenolate, calcineurin inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, cyclophosphamide, and hydroxychloroquine.

Seminar 4: Biologics and Targeted Immune Therapy

Introduction to modern targeted immune therapies, including monoclonal antibodies, anti TNF agents, anti cytokine therapies, B cell depleting therapy, JAK inhibitors, complement inhibitors, and biosimilars. Emphasis is placed on screening, monitoring, and infection risk.

Seminar 5: Transplantation Pharmacology and Cancer Immunotherapy

Comparison of immune suppression in transplantation and immune activation in cancer therapy. Topics include induction and maintenance immunosuppression, rejection prevention, checkpoint inhibitors, cytokine release syndrome, and immune related adverse events.

Seminar 6: Immunotoxicology and Drug Induced Immune Reactions

Discussion of immune mediated adverse drug reactions and drug induced immune damage. Topics include hypersensitivity reactions, anaphylaxis, serum sickness, DRESS syndrome, Stevens Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug induced lupus, and drug induced immunodeficiency.

Seminar 7: Pharmacovigilance, Integration, and Final Review

Integration of the course through clinical case discussions and safety based decision making. Students review adverse drug reaction reporting, patient counseling, monitoring principles, and key mechanisms and toxicities before the final multiple choice test.



Last update: Charalambous Chrysostomos, PharmDr., Ph.D. (22.05.2026)
 
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