INFLAMMATION UNIT B
cod. 1000195

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Patologia generale e anatomia patologica veterinaria (VET/03)
Field
Discipline veterinarie e riproduzione animale
Type of training activity
Characterising
10 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. <br />
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Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>Module B <br />
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Prof. Paolo Borghetti (1 CFU: 8 hours) <br />
The inflammatin: 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 />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

- Robbins e Contran “Le Basi Patologiche delle Malattie. Patologia Generale” 7° Ed. Kumar- Abbas - Fausto <br />
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Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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