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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Single cycle degree course 6 years in
School of dental medicine
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

BASES OF IMMUNE RESPONSE
cod. 1005417

Academic year 2014/15
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Valeria DALL'ASTA
Academic discipline
Patologia generale (MED/04)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL PATHOLOGY

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Learning objectives

The course aims to provide students with the essential bases of both innate and specific immune response. Such knowledge will help the student in the understanding of certain diseases in dentistry.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Nomenclature and components of the immune system. General characteristics of immune responses. Mechanisms of innate immunity and adaptive immunity

Full programme

The immune response. The Major Histocompatibility Complex. Innate immunity: Phagocitosis; Complement activation. Specific Immunity: Cell-mediated Immunity. Antigen recognition and effector functions of T lymphocytes. Humoral Immunity. Immunoglobulin types. Antigen recognition and effector functions of immunoglobulins. The memory of immune system

Bibliography

Abbas-Lichtman-Pober "Immunologia cellulare e molecolare" Ed. PICCIN
Mak-Saunder "Fondamenti di Immunologia" Ed. ZANICHELLI

Teaching methods

During the lectures will be explained, with the help of slides prepared by the teacher, the bases of immune response. The slides will be available for the students. The lectures will be open to wide-ranging discussion with the participation of the students.

Assessment methods and criteria

The degree of learning will be assessed at the end of the course through oral examination to establish the learning outcomes on the bases of the proposed objectives. In particular, the student will be able to know the essential bases of immune response and to understand the mechanisms that regulate this response. The student will be evaluated as idoneous.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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