Basic Immunology - Lecture

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 28 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 28 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OBA-111-E
  • 2 kredit
  • Biotechnology MSc
  • Basic modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OBA-107-E finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 200

Topic

Az alap immunológia oktatása.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction. - Németh Péter János
  • 2. Molecular components of the immune system. - Németh Péter János
  • 3. Recognition molecules. Recognition by MHC. - Németh Péter János
  • 4. Antigen presentation and MHC restriction. - Németh Péter János
  • 5. Communication between the cellular components of the immune system. - Németh Péter János
  • 6. Adhesion molecules, co-receptors, cytokines, cytokine receptors. - Németh Péter János
  • 7. The complement system. - Berki Timea
  • 8. Innate immunity: inflammation, leukocyte migration. - Engelmann Péter András
  • 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. Immunological memory. - Balogh Péter
  • 15. Effector functions of immunoglobulins. Antigen-antibody reactions. IgE mediated immunereactions. - Berki Timea
  • 16. Effector mechanisms of cell-mediated immune responses: 1. Cytotoxicity, 2. Th cell-mediated macrophage activation (Delayed type hypersensitivity=DTH) - Berki Timea
  • 17. Allergies and hypersensitive reactions. - Boldizsár Ferenc
  • 18. Allergies and hypersensitive reactions. - Boldizsár Ferenc
  • 19. Systemic and local immunity (SALT, MALT). - Németh Péter János
  • 20. Suppression of the immune response. - Németh Péter János
  • 21. Immunological tolerance. - Németh Péter János
  • 22. Autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases. - Németh Péter János
  • 23. Primary immunodeficiencies. - Balogh Péter
  • 24. Acquired immunodeficiencies, pathomechanism and progression of AIDS, diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities. - Engelmann Péter András
  • 25. Immunity against tumors. - Németh Péter János
  • 26. Immunological aspects of organ transplantation. - Németh Péter János
  • 27. Immuno-based therapies. - Németh Péter János
  • 28. Protein therapies. Recombinant cytokines. Vaccine development. - Böröcz Katalin

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

www.immbio.hu

Notes

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Recommended literature

2010 után kiadott immunológia tankönyvek

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Részvétel az előadásokon

Mid-term exams

nincs

Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

Az előadások anyaga. www.immbio.hu

Examiners

  • Németh Péter János

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars