INFLAMMATION UNIT B
cod. 1000195

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Patologia generale e anatomia patologica veterinaria (VET/03)
Field
Morfologia, funzione e patologia delle cellule e degli organismi complessi
Type of training activity
Characterising
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEFENCE RESPONSES

Learning objectives

The students have to aquire the molecular basis of the regulation of inflammation, as local and systemic event, with particular emphasys to the cell communication signals such as cytokines and cell adhesion molecules.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 Module B <br />
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Prof. Paolo Borghetti (1 CFU: 8 hours) <br />
The inflammation: functional aspects <br />
Molecular regulation of cell communication and activation during inflammation: <br />
- Cytokines <br />
- Cell Adhesion molecules <br />
Molecular basis of acute phase reaction <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

Robbins e Contran “Le Basi Patologiche delle Malattie. Patologia Generale” 7° Ed. Kumar- Abbas - Fausto

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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