Immunology II

Recommended Prerequisites

Immunology I.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes: These classes aim to stimulate students to acquire core competencies and the ability to solve problems and self-learning.

Practical Laboratorial: These classes aim to provide the knowledge and understanding in laboratory terms of the Immune System to develop and apply in clinical practical cases .

Learning Outcomes

- Define the physical, cellular and molecular processes associated with the development of pathologies exemplified by processes of inflammatory, immunological haematological, allergic, autoimmune and neoplastic disorders.

- Understand the the value of transplantation and immunotherapy.

- Define the key role of the immune system (laboratorial data) in a range of human immune mediated diseases.

- Demonstrate the role of Immunology and immunity on human disease and how this can used to diagnosis and therapy.

- Understand immunity to benefit both health and prevention of disease.

- Interpret and assemble scientific data from reports based on immunological or research laboratory activities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1- Laboratorial Immunology in clinical practice and research:

-Introduction to Laboratorial Immunology

-Laboratory techniques based on immune concepts

-Clinical-Immunology and Laboratory Applications

-Laboratorial Immunology and scientific research.

 

2-Pathophysiology of Immune System:

-Hypersensitivities

-Autoimmune Diseases

-Immunodeficiencies

-Immunoproliferative syndromes

-Oncology

-Immunoprophylaxis (Vaccines)

-Immunotherapy (organ transplantation)

-Immunotherapy and Immunomodulation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Manuel Amaro de Matos Santos Rosa

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 5.0%
Resolution Problems: 5.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 5.0%
Exam: 85.0%

Bibliography

-Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 8th Edition - Abbas & Lichtman & Pillai. 2014.

-Fundamentos de Imunologia (2ª Edição) - Fernando A. Arosa, Francisco C. Pacheco, Elsa M. Cardoso - Editor: Lidel.2012.

-Kuby Immunology (7ª Edição) - Judy Owen, Jenni Punt, Sharon Stranford. 2012.

-Janeway’s Immunobiology 8 with Case Studies in Immunology 6 - Kenneth Murphy, Raif Geha, Luigi Notarangelo. 2011.

-Roitt's Essential Immunology - Peter J. Delves, Seamus J. Martin, Dennis R. Burton, Ivan M. Roitt. 2011.

-Artigos seleccionados de revistas científicas (Trends in Immunology, Nature Immunology, Current Opinion in Immunology, etc.)