Course Description
COURSE CONTENT
Review of the immune system
- Organization of the immune system
- Innate immunity
- Aquired (specific) immunity
- Production and structure of antibodies on a molecular level
- Cytokines and chemokines
Phisiological course of immunoreaction
- Humoral immunity
- Cellular immunity
- Immunoreaction
- Mucosal immunity
Immunoreaction in defense and disease
- Mechanisms of allergic reaction
- Immunoreaction to tumour
- Modification of immunoreaction
Seminars
- Methods in Immunology
- Mechanisms of inflammation in obesity
- Innate immunity in viral infection
- Interactions of microbiome and immune system
- Parasitic (helminth) infection: new weapon against immune disorders?
- Autoimmune diseases
- Immunobiological therapy
- Nanomedicine
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- name the components of the immune system
- identify the differences between innate and acquired immunity
- link and explain mechanisms of antigen recognition and presentation
- describe and explain mechanisms of humoral and cellular immunity
- indicate basic types of hypersensitivity and explain mechanism of alergic reaction
- define the concept of immunodeficiency and autoimmune disease
- apply basic immunology methods and interpret the obtained results