DSTIz01 New trends in medical imunology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jiří Litzman, CSc.
Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Miroslava Bučková
Supplier department: Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Medical immunology is one of the fields unifying modern medicine. This ability follows from the characteristic diffuseness of the immune system, which, by its operating units and their agents, supervises the construction of the whole organism, eliminates the foreing, protects the own, and thus takes care of the structural integrity of cells, tissues, and organs. Also the fact that the subject of immunology has its own, highly specific and sensitive methods that are able to uncover a variety of antigens and to assess the physiological processes in the organism contributes to interdisciplinary nature of immunology. Immunology, as one of the fundamental physiological and pathogenic principles should therefore cover all the medical fields. The inclusion of the "Trends in medical immunology" to the common programme of doctoral studies at the Faculty of medicine is a reflection of this concept of immunology. The selection of topics is driven by the desire to draw attention to those areas of immunology that has remarkably changed and can be appealing both for theoretical scientists and for clinicians.
Learning outcomes
The student will learn about selected facts about the functioning of specific and non-specific immune systems;
Student will be acquainted with some modern methods of laboratory immunology;
Studen will be able to demonstrate the importance of immunology in the chosen research topic.
Syllabus
  • Immune system as a regulatory mechanism of a macroorganism; Non-specific immune system; Regulation in the adaptive immune system; Laboratory techniques used in immunology research. Selected chapters from immunopathology.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HOŘEJŠÍ, Václav, Jiřina BARTŮŇKOVÁ, Tomáš BRDIČKA and Radek ŠPÍŠEK. Základy imunologie. 6., aktualizované vydání. V Praze: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2017, 297 stran. ISBN 9788075532503. info
  • ABBAS, Abul K., Andrew H. LICHTMAN and Shiv PILLAI. Cellular and molecular immunology. Illustrated by David L. Baker - Alexandra Baker. Eighth edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2015, viii, 535. ISBN 9780323316149. info
Teaching methods
Series of lecture - 2 days
Assessment methods
An assy on the topic: "Immunology in my diseatration" must be submitted.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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