Basic Immunology

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Topic

Introduction to the current immunobiology. Construction of the human immune system: organs, tissues, cellular and molecular components. Organisation and regulation of immune functions: recognition, differentiation, effector functions and memory formation. Main aspects of the physiological and pathological immune functions. Basic immunopathological aspects of immune related diseases including autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, allergy, immunity against tumors.

Lectures

• 1.

  Introduction. Components and structure of the immune network.

  - Németh Péter János
• 2.

  Introduction. Components and structure of the immune network.

  - Németh Péter János
• 3.

  Innate immunity. Pattern recognition.

  - Engelmann Péter András
• 4.

  Innate immunity. Inflammatory reaction.

  - Berki Timea
• 5.

  Structure, classes and functions of immunoglobulins and T cell receptors.

  - Németh Péter János
• 6.

  MHC and antigen presentation.

  - Németh Péter János
• 7.

  Communication between the cells of the immune system.

  - Németh Péter János
• 8.

  Communication between the cells of the immune system.

  - Németh Péter János
• 9. Organization and rearrangement of the antigen receptor genes. - Balogh Péter
• 10. Primary B cell development: developmental stages and checkpoints. - Balogh Péter
• 11. T-cell development in the thymus. Stages of maturation and the role of environmental factors. - Boldizsár Ferenc
• 12. Beginning of the immune response: early stages of T/B cell interaction, CD3 complex and signal transduction, BcR signal transduction. Co-stimulation. T-dependent - Boldizsár Ferenc
• 13. Components of the humoral immune response: extrafollicular reaction and germinal center. - Balogh Péter
• 14.

  Components of the humoral immune response: extrafollicular reaction and germinal center.

  - Balogh Péter
• 15.

  Effector functions of immunoglobulins. Antigen-antibody reactions.

  - Berki Timea
• 16.

  The complements system

  - Berki Timea
• 17.

  Immunological memory. Comparison of the primary- and secondary immune responses.

  - Berki Timea
• 18.

  Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immune responses: 1. Cytotoxicity, 2. Th cell-mediated macrophage activation (Delayed type hypersensitivity=DTH)

  - Berki Timea
• 19. Systemic and local immunity (SALT, MALT). - Kellermayer Zoltán
• 20. Suppression of the immune response. - Kellermayer Zoltán
• 21.

  Allergies and hypersensitive reactions.

  - Boldizsár Ferenc
• 22.

  Allergies and hypersensitive reactions.

  - Boldizsár Ferenc
• 23.

  Immunological tolerance.

  - Németh Péter János
• 24.

  Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases.

  - Németh Péter János
• 25.

  Primary immunodeficiencies.

  - Balogh Péter
• 26.

  Acquired immunodeficiencies, pathomechanism and progression of AIDS, diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.

  - Engelmann Péter András
• 27.

  Immunity against tumors.

  - Németh Péter János
• 28.

  Immunological aspects of organ transplantation.

  - Németh Péter János

Practices

• 1. Introduction, structure of lymphoid organs.
• 2. Introduction, structure of lymphoid organs.
• 3. Cells of the immune system, CD markers.
• 4. Cells of the immune system, CD markers.
• 5. Development of poly- and monoclonal antibodies and their applications. Immunization. Antibody production (fermentation), purification, labelling. Hybridoma technique.
• 6. Development of poly- and monoclonal antibodies and their applications. Immunization. Antibody production (fermentation), purification, labelling. Hybridoma technique.
• 7. Immunocytochenistry, immunohistochemistry. Fluorescent microscopy.
• 8. Immunocytochenistry, immunohistochemistry. Fluorescent microscopy.
• 9. Flow cytometry. Cell separation techniques.
• 10. Flow cytometry. Cell separation techniques.
• 11. Immunserology 1. Precipitation, agglutination.
• 12. Immunserology 1. Precipitation, agglutination.
• 13. Immunserology 2. ELISA, immunoblot techniques.
• 14. Immunserology 2. ELISA, immunoblot techniques.
• 15. HLA typing
• 16. HLA typing
• 17. Short and long term cell cultures, functional tests
• 18. Short and long term cell cultures, functional tests
• 19. Immune response against pathogens.
• 20. Immune response against pathogens.
• 21. Vaccines
• 22. Vaccines
• 23. Autoantibody diagnostics
• 24. Autoantibody diagnostics
• 25. Immunotherapies
• 26. Immunotherapies
• 27. Consultation
• 28. Consultation

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

See on website www.immbio.hu

Notes

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Recommended literature

Abul K. Abbas: Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Janis Kuby: Immunology

Jan Klein: Immunology

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Prepared attendance on lectures and practices. No more absence as 3 in practices and lectures. Minimum 50% in the tests during the semester must be achieved for acceptance. The active attendance is controlled by online tests.

Mid-term exams

Midterm tests with online moodle system.

Making up for missed classes

Once practice performed with another group on the same week.

Exam topics/questions

See on web site www.immbio.hu. The written exam test might contain minimum requirement questions where the wrong answers could mean failure on the exam.

Examiners

• Balogh Péter
• Berki Timea
• Boldizsár Ferenc
• Németh Péter János

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Balogh Péter
• Berki Timea
• Boldizsár Ferenc
• Engelmann Péter András
• Ernszt Dávid
• Gajdócsi Erzsébet Emilia
• Jia Xinkai
• Kellermayer Zoltán
• Meggyes-Rapp Judit
• Olasz Katalin Eszter
• Simon Diána