LF:VLIM051p immunology-lecture - Course Information
VLIM051p Immunology-lecture
Faculty of MedicineAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Jiří Litzman, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Jindřich Lokaj, CSc. (lecturer) - 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: prof. MUDr. Jiří Litzman, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Mon 21. 9. to Fri 13. 11. Mon 14:00–15:30 I.CHK N01001
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- VSBC0221p Biochemistry I -lect. && ( VSLC011p Med. Chemistry - lecture || VSLC021p Medical chemistry -l ) && VSBI0222p Biology II-lect. &&( VSBF011p Biophysics || VLBF011p Biophysics-lect. ) && VSFY0422p Physiology II - lecture && ( VSBC041s Biochemistry II -s || VSBC041c Biochemistry II -pract. ) && ( VSLT0221s Bas. Med. Terminol. II -s || VSLT011s Bas. Med. Terminology -l ) && VSET021 Medical Ethics I && ZC041 Handling chemical substances
- 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
- General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)
- General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL)
- Course objectives
- The course covers basic aspects of the structure and function of the immune system in humans. Topics include mechanisms of non- specific immunity with main emphasis on the inflammatory process, such as humoral and cellular branches of the specific immune response. It includes mainly mechanisms of activation of the immune response and its regulation. Special emphasis is given to immune response to microbes and immunoprophylaxis to infectious and non-infectious diseases. After finishing the course the students will understand and be able to explain the mechanisms of the immune response in physiology, such as immune system disturbances leading to immunopathological diseases.
- Syllabus
- Immunology in medicine. Medical subject allergology and clinical immunology. Physiology and pathology of the immune system.
- Immunological concept of “own”, “foreign”, “dangerous”.
- Anatomy and cellular elements of the immune system.
- Innate or natural immunity: phagocytosis, NK cells, cytotoxicity, interferon system, complement system, acute phase reaction, inflammation.
- B lymphocytes and immunoglobulins.Genetic basis of immunoglobulin heterogeneity.Biological properties of antibodies.
- T-lymphocytes, their development and effector functions. Polarisation of T-lymphocytes (T1, T2, Th17). Cytotoxicity. Cytokines. Major histocompatibility complex: structure, function.
- Activation of T and B cells by antigen.Interactions between antigen-presenting cells and T- and B-lymphocytes.
- Regulation of the immune reaction.
- Compartmentalization of the immune response. Mucosal immunity.
- Immunity against infectious agents. Microbial antigens.
- Active and passive immunisation.
- Age factor and immune system in humans
- Literature
- recommended literature
- HOŘEJŠÍ, Václav and Jiřina BARTŮŇKOVÁ. Základy imunologie. 4th ed. Praha: Triton, 2009, 306 pp. ISBN 978-80-7387-280-9. info
- not specified
- ABBAS, Abul K. and Andrew H. LICHTMAN. Basic immunology : functions and disorders of the immune system. Illustrated by David L. Baker - Alexandra Baker. 3rd updated ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2011, viii, 312. ISBN 9781416055693. info
- Teaching methods
- The subject is given in a form of lectures
- Assessment methods
- Subject is finished by an oral exam which is composed of two questions. One of them is from the subject of a theoretical immunology, the second one from the patophysiogy of the immune system. A credit from the subject VLIM051c is required for the exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
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- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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