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Immunology - MB150P14E
Title: Immunology
Czech title: Imunologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Cell Biology (31-151)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023 to 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 300
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Explanation: Essential course for students continuing with their MSc. study in Immunology.Scheduled for Fridays 9:00-10:30 in VG - Velka geologicka, Albertov 6 Please, enroll to the Moodle course = Elearning course (link below/right).
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jan Černý, Ph.D.
RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jan Černý, Ph.D.
RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB150P14B
Is incompatible with: MB150P14B
Is complex co-requisite for: MB150C15C, MB151C15E
Annotation -
Last update: RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D. (17.09.2019)
Please note: the lectures are given in English language only.

Basic 1-semestral lecture course on immune system components and mechanisms. There is no qualification prerequisite. Suitable for students of biology, medicine, chemistry.

We are going to discuss basic theory of immune system functioning, including disease-related information in human pathologies and animal models in brief.
The course is targeted to students of 3rd (BSc.) and 4th (1st MSc.) year and PhD students in biomedical fields, incl. Medical faculty students as well as Erasmus students.
Literature -
Last update: RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D. (23.09.2019)

Recommended reading:

Basic immunology:

entry-level: L. Sompayrac: How the Immune System Works, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2015, 160 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1118997772 http://books.google.cz/books?id=oRsGFRKypn4C

intermediate-level: J. Owen, J. Punt, S. Stranford: Kuby Immunology, 8th Edition, W.H. Freeman, 2018, 944 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1464189784

expert-level: K. Murphy, Wever, C: Janeway's Immunobiology (Immunobiology: The Immune System (Janeway)), 9th Edition, Garland Science Publishing 2017, 904 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0815345053

Methods in immunology:

W. Luttman, K. Bratke, M. Kupper, D. Myrtek: Immunology (The Experimenter), 1st Edition, Academic Press Inc, 2006, 264 pages ISBN-13: 978-0120885442. Some chapters are available on Google Books

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D. (14.01.2024)

In-person classes effective - materials and management of the course is available on Moodle.

Exam: a computer test having 20 questions (either a multiple-choice or single best answer with 5 answers each) within a 40-minutes time limit with maximum of 100 points (i.e. 20 x 5 =100).
Each question - 5 points maximum, each answer is evaluated on -2 to 5 points. The exam is based mainly on the Sompayrac book.

Evaluation detail:
- each question is ranked by +5 points in total, if answered correctly
- there are one or more correct answers per question possible
- each of 5 answers per question is ranked from -2 points (incorrect) up to +5 points (a single correct answer case)

The exams will take place at Vinicna 7, computer rooms B311 (3rd floor) or B5 (1st floor) starting in the second week in January. One preterm is usually open in the week before Christmas.

You have to subscribe to SIS for your selected term. There is only a single enrollment valid at a time. In total - two subsequent terms of computer test are possible (the second you would like to enroll only after you fail in the first one), the third one is an oral exam if you fail in the two previous.

There is a limit of 18-24 seats per exam. Those of you who have no access to SIS, please contact Student office prior to the exam.

You must have access to Moodle as well. Test the validity of your password before the exam.

Classification:

  • 100-94 points = A (excellent - summa cum laude)
  • 93-80 = B (very good - insigni cum laude); in Czech classification system = 1
  • 79-60 points = C (good - magna cum laude); in Czech classification system = 2
  • 59-47 points = D (quite good - cum laude)
  • 46-40 = E (pass - rite); in Czech classification system = 3
  • ≤ 39 = FX, F (fail); in Czech classification system = 4

The borderline results (- 2 points) will be retested orally immediately after the test.

Passing the quizzes is not an obligatory precondition for the exam. It serves for your practice only.

 

Syllabus -
Last update: RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

 We will cover the immune system from these perspectives:

1/ Principles and models of IS
- Immune system basics: conflict of concepts
- Immune response: class, polarization and organization
- Innate immunity: the danger model & the triggers

2/ Innate IS
- Pattern recognition receptors anywhere: adjuvants & inflammation
- Antigen processing and presentation: MHC molecules I / II & APCs
- Antigen processing and presentation: non-classical MHC and crosspresentation

3/ Adaptive IS and NK cell/T cell dichotomy
- Introduction to adaptive immunity: Antigen & Immunoreceptors
- Molecular mechanisms of TCR / BCR diversity
- NK cells & NK receptors: missing-self & alloreactivity

4/ Immune system in health and disease
- Cytokines, chemokines, migration & signaling
- Clinical immunology: Immunopathologies ups&downs, therapies / biotherapies
- Immunodeficiencies & tolerance, Recap & questions

Entry requirements -
Last update: RNDr. Karel Drbal, Ph.D. (17.09.2019)

Essential knowledge of English is the only prerequisite for this course.

Please, consider the incompatibility with the parallel Czech course Imunologie (MB150P14B). It is beneficial to pass the advanced course Immunology - a systems biology view (MB151P101E) during the summer semester for those who do have a background in data analysis and would like to continue with the MSc. study in Immunology to pass both courses.

 
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