LF:MPIM081 Immunology - Course Information
MPIM081 Immunology
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0.5/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Jiří Litzman, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Vojtěch Thon, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. MUDr. Vojtěch Thon, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Miroslava Bučková - Timetable
- Thu 21. 2. to Thu 3. 4. Thu 7:30–9:00 ÚKIA N02011
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- MPVL0731 Internal Medicine I
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
- Course objectives
- The attendees will obtain basic information about clinical immunology and allergology, diagnostic approach and treatment of immunopathological diseases.
- Syllabus
- Immunology and medicine. History of immunology.
- Cells and organs of the immune system.
- Antigens. Immune reaction.
- Main histocompatibility complex.
- B-lymphocytes. Production of immunoglobulins.
- Immunoglobulins, function and structure.
- T-lymphocytes and cellular immunity.
- Cytotoxic lymphocytes. Cytokines.
- Immunity against infection.
- Non-specific immunity.
- Allergic diseases. Immunity and nutrition.
- Immunopathology. Immunodeficiency. Autoimmune diseases.
- Immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy.
- Clinical immunology laboratory tests.
- Literature
- Hořejší V, Bartůňková J: Základy imunologie, Triton, 1998
- Abbas AK, Lichtman AH: Basic Immunology. II nd ed. Saunders, Philadelphia 2004
- Litzman J, Petřek M, Thon V: Vyšetřovací metody v klinické imunologii LF MU Brno, 1998
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Zápočet po absolvování přednášek
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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