Infections and Immunity

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2024-2025

Thematik

The importance of anti-infectious immunity is not restricted to elimination of pathogens, but is also responsible for long lasting protection, as well as -in some cases- immunopathological disorders

Vorlesungen

• 1. Non-specific defence. Surface barriers, normal colonizing flora, phagocytosis, complement system. - Szekeres Júlia
• 2. Non-specific defence. Surface barriers, normal colonizing flora, phagocytosis, complement system. - Szekeres Júlia
• 3. Antigen presentation and recognition. Dendritic cells, pattern recognition receptors. - Szekeres Júlia
• 4. Antigen presentation and recognition. Dendritic cells, pattern recognition receptors. - Szekeres Júlia
• 5. Defence against extracellular microorganisms. The role of immunoglobulin classes. Mucosal immunity. - Szekeres Júlia
• 6. Defence against extracellular microorganisms. The role of immunoglobulin classes. Mucosal immunity. - Szekeres Júlia
• 7. Defence against intracellular microorganisms. Defence against viral infections. Viruses and immunosuppression. - Szekeres Júlia
• 8. Defence against intracellular microorganisms. Defence against viral infections. Viruses and immunosuppression. - Szekeres Júlia
• 9. Defence against parasitic infections. Micro-and macroparasite infections that polarize the immune response. - Szekeres Júlia
• 10. Defence against parasitic infections. Micro-and macroparasite infections that polarize the immune response. - Szekeres Júlia
• 11. Evasion and use of the innate and adaptive immune responses by microorganisms. - Szekeres Júlia
• 12. Evasion and use of the innate and adaptive immune responses by microorganisms. - Szekeres Júlia
• 13. Healing of infectious diseases. The pathogenic role of anti-infectious immunity; local inflammation, systemic inflammation, sepsis, endotoxin shock, toxic shock syndrome. - Szekeres Júlia
• 14. Healing of infectious diseases. The pathogenic role of anti-infectious immunity; local inflammation, systemic inflammation, sepsis, endotoxin shock, toxic shock syndrome. - Szekeres Júlia
• 15. The pathogenic role of anti-infectious immunity; hypersensitivity reactions in bacterial-parasitic and fungal infections. - Szekeres Júlia
• 16. The pathogenic role of anti-infectious immunity; hypersensitivity reactions in bacterial-parasitic and fungal infections. - Szekeres Júlia
• 17. Induction of autoimmunity; molecular mimicri, epitope spreading, polyclonal T or B cell activation. - Szekeres Júlia
• 18. Induction of autoimmunity; molecular mimicri, epitope spreading, polyclonal T or B cell activation. - Szekeres Júlia
• 19. Immunopathological alterations following viral infections. The involvement of CD8+ T cells. - Szekeres Júlia
• 20. Immunopathological alterations following viral infections. The involvement of CD8+ T cells. - Szekeres Júlia
• 21. Immunopathological alterations following viral infections. The involvement of CD4+ T cells. - Szekeres Júlia
• 22. Immunopathological alterations following viral infections. The involvement of antibodies. - Szekeres Júlia
• 23. Vaccination; Type of vaccines, requirements for vaccines. - Szekeres Júlia
• 24. Vaccination; rational vaccine development, mandatory vaccines. - Szekeres Júlia

Praktika

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Lecture slides

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

1. H. Chapel, M. Haeney, N. Misbah, Snowden: Clinical Immunology, Blackwell, 2008

2. S. Kartikeyan, R.N. Bharmal, R.P. Tiwari, and P.S. Bisen: HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities, 2007

3. T. Platts-Mills and Johannes Ring: Allergy in Practice, 2003

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

succesful exam

Semesteranforderungen

Continuous

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Consultation

Prüfungsfragen

The same as lecture topics

Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen