Medical, veterinary anf pharmaceutical biotechnologies

Professor
Academic discipline: Farmacologia (BIO/14)
Field: Discipline medico-chirurgiche e riproduzione umana
Type of training activity: Characterising

16 hours
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2 credits

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Integrated course unit module: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION

Learning objectives

To provide fundamental knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms of drug action with special attention to biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals

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Course unit content

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<li>Principles of drug action.</li>
<li>Classes of receptors and mechanisms of modulation of receptor-mediated responses.</li>
<li>Quantitation of drug-receptor interactions and elicited response.</li>
<li>Pharmacology of gene transcription.</li>
<li>Examples of biotechnology-derived drugs (enzymes, hormones, cytokines, monoclonal antibodies).</li>
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Bibliography

F. Clementi, G. Fumagalli “Farmacologia generale e molecolare” Terza edizione, UTET, Torino (2004).

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PHARMACOLOGY UNIT A cod. 1000207

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

PHARMACOLOGY UNIT A
cod. 1000207