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Infections and Immunity

Data

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

Course director

  • Szekeres Júlia

    professor,
    Department of Medical Biology and Central Electron Microscope Laboratory

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 24 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OTF-IVF-T
  • 2 kredit
  • Biotechnology BSc
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OTV-GEMI-T finished , OTV-HPHY-T finished , OTV-IMMU-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 25

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK TTK

Topic

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

Lectures

  • 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

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slides

Notes

Recommended literature

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

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

succesful exam

Mid-term exams

Continuous

Making up for missed classes

Consultation

Exam topics/questions

The same as lecture topics

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk