Molecular Cell Biology for Students of Dentistry 2

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Topic

To teach students aspects of molecular cell biology that are essential for clinical subjects, with special respect to the cell membrane and the extracellular matrix, intracellular signal transduction, cellular and molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and molecular medicine.

Lectures

• 1. Opening lecture, cell-cell connections - Sétáló György ifj.
• 2.

  Passive and active transport

  - Tarjányi Oktávia
• 3.

  The extracellular matrix, cell-matrix connections

  - Atlaszné Váczy Alexandra
• 4.

  Types of chemical signaling

  - Balassa Tímea
• 5. Heterotrimeric G-proteins in signaling - Sétáló György ifj.
• 6. Signal by catalytic receptors - Sétáló György ifj.
• 7. Signaling of cellular stress - Sétáló György ifj.
• 8.

  Cytokine and integrin signaling

  - Stayer-Harci Alexandra
• 9.

  TGFb-, Wnt-, Heghehog-, Notch-signaling

  - Schipp Renáta
• 10.

  General features of signal transduction

  - Berta Gergely
• 11.

  Types of cell death

  - Balogh Bálint
• 12.

  Signaling of apoptosis and its medical significance

  - Boros Melinda
• 13.

  Stem cells and their medical significance

  - Pap Marianna
• 14.

  General features of tumors

  - Varga Judit
• 15.

  DNA tumor viruses

  - Tarjányi Oktávia
• 16.

  RNA tumor viruses

  - Balogh Bálint
• 17.

  Cellular oncogenes I

  - Horváth Marianna
• 18.

  Cellular oncogenes II

  - Bogdán Ágnes
• 19.

  Cellular oncogenes III

  - Bogdán Ágnes
• 20.

  Tumor suppressor genes I

  - Sétáló György ifj.
• 21. Tumor suppressor genes II - Sétáló György ifj.
• 22.

  Oncogenes and the cell cycle

  - Pap Marianna
• 23.

  The multistage mechanism of carcinogenesis I: Experimental carcinogenesis

  - Pap Marianna
• 24.

  The multistage mechanism of carcinogenesis II: Clinical stages

  - Pap Marianna
• 25.

  Therapy of tumors

  - Pap Marianna
• 26. Molecular diagnostics - Berta Gergely
• 27. Gene therapy - Bátor Judit
• 28.

  Closing lecture

  - Bátor Judit

Practices

• 1. Introduction - Pap Marianna
• 2. Light microscopy - Feketéné Kiss Katalin
• 3. Isotopes - Bátor Judit
• 4. Centrifugation and chromatography - Pap Marianna
• 5. The magnification of micrographs - Feketéné Kiss Katalin
• 6. Protein electrophoresis and Western blotting - Bátor Judit
• 7. DNA isolation - Pap Marianna
• 8. Histochemistry of macromolecules, immune and enzyme histochemistry - Feketéné Kiss Katalin
• 9. Phase contrast microscopy, polarisation microscopy - Bátor Judit
• 10. The tumor cell I - Pap Marianna
• 11. The tumor cell II - Feketéné Kiss Katalin
• 12. Apoptosis I - Bátor Judit
• 13. Apoptosis II - Pap Marianna
• 14. Exam consultation - Feketéné Kiss Katalin

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Szeberényi, J., Komáromy, L.: Molecular Cell Biology Syllabus

M. Pap and G. Sétáló Jr. (editors): Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory Manual for Students of Dentistry

Literature developed by the Department

Szeberényi, J., Komáromy, L.: Molecular Cell Biology Syllabus

M. Pap and G. Sétáló Jr. (editors): Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory Manual for Students of Dentistry
PotePedia learning material

Course material uploaded into the Teams lecture group for the given semester

Test bank

Minimum exam questions

Notes

Szeberényi, J., Komáromy, L.: Molecular Cell Biology Syllabus

M. Pap and G. Sétáló Jr. (editors): Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory Manual for Students of Dentistry

Recommended literature

Gerald Karp: Cell and Molecular Biology

Cooper, G.M.: The Cell. A Molecular Approach.

Lodish et al.: Molecular Cell Biology

Alberts et al.: Molecular Biology of the Cell

Szeberényi J.: Experiments in Molecular Cell Biology

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Completion of all lab experiments, with the instructor's signature certifying completion.

No more absences from seminars and exercises than allowed. In accordance with the application of the provisions of the Study and Examination Regulations, Article 1/A(6), to small-group sessions (seminars and practicals).

Mid-term exams

Mid-term and end-of-semester written tests. The dates and topics of the tests will be announced on lectures, and in the Lecture Teams group of Molecular Cell Biology for Students of Dentistry. A grade improvement is not possible for any of the written tests. Exemptions from the end-of-semester oral exam may be obtained based on the cumulative results of the tests.

Making up for missed classes

It is possible to make up for missed lab experiments by taking part in make-up lab sessions organised by the department. A mid-term test can be made up for based on previous consultation with the course director. It is not possible to make up the end-of-semester test.

Exam topics/questions

They are available on PotePedia and are uploaded into the Teams lecture group of the respective semester.

Examiners

• Balassa Tímea
• Balogh Bálint
• Bátor Judit
• Berta Gergely
• Bogdán Ágnes
• Boros Melinda
• Brandt Barbara
• Bugyi Beáta
• Csabai-Tanics Tímea Judith
• Gaszler Péter
• Görgey Éva
• Horváth Marianna
• Leipoldné Vig Andrea Teréz
• Les Hajnalka
• Németh Marica
• Pap Marianna
• Schipp Renáta
• Sétáló György ifj.
• Stayer-Harci Alexandra
• Szütsné Tóth Mónika Ágnes
• Tarjányi Oktávia
• Varga Judit

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Bátor Judit
• Feketéné Kiss Katalin
• Pap Marianna