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Advances in molecular immunology - CVOL209

Title:	Pokroky v molekulární imunologii
Guaranteed by:	Department of Immunology and Clinical Biochemistry 3FM CU (12-IMUN)
Faculty:	Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual:	from 2016
Semester:	winter
Points:	3
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/15, C [HS]
Extent per academic year:	15 [hours]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (40)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan

Guarantor:	doc. Marie Lipoldová, CSc.

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation -

For the students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year that finished immunology in the modul IB. This course is offered each second academic year (next: 2022/2023).

Last update: Lipoldová Marie, doc., CSc. (25.08.2022)

Aim of the course -

Aim: To provide students with an integrated view of the principal immunological mechanisms and components of immune response with an emphasis on new developments.

Last update: Vlasáková Alena, Mgr., DiS. (29.11.2009)

Literature -

Murphy KM, Weaver C, Berg LJ: JANEWAY’S IMMUNOBIOLOGY, Norton WW and Company, Inc., 10^th edition, 2022

Punt J, Stranford S, Jones P, Owen J: Kuby Immunology, 8^th edition, Macmillan Learning, 2019

Last update: Lipoldová Marie, doc., CSc. (25.08.2022)

Teaching methods -

Lectures and discussions.

Last update: Vlasáková Alena, Mgr., DiS. (29.11.2009)

Requirements to the exam -

70% attendance, short answers to basic questions.

Last update: Vlasáková Alena, Mgr., DiS. (29.11.2009)

Syllabus -

Syllabus:

1) Immunology - basic concepts

2) The organs of immune response

3) Cells of immune response

4) Recognition in innate immune system

6) Killing in the immune system (antimicrobial proteins, complement, phagocytes, ADCC, Cell-mediated cytotoxicity

5) Biology of the B cell

6) Immunoglobulins and B cell receptors

7) Biology of the of the T cell

8) T cell factors and receptors, MHC and antigen presentation

9) Cytokines and cellular communication

Last update: Vlasáková Alena, Mgr., DiS. (29.11.2009)

Entry requirements -

Knowledge of basic immunology (requirements of modul IB).

Last update: Vlasáková Alena, Mgr., DiS. (29.11.2009)