Imunology

Recommended Prerequisites

The 1st and 2nd year disciplines in the area of Medicine. 

Teaching Methods

 • Magistral classes.

• Laboratory Rotations.

• Seminars.

Learning Outcomes

• Know the main organs and tissues of the immune system

• Meet the cells and molecules involved in immune response

• Explain the functioning of the immune system

• Implement the functionality of the immune system to immunopathology

• Know the diversity of the immune system and their reflections in immunomodulation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

  Principal organs and tissues of the immune system

  Principal cells and molecules involved in immunitary response

   Funcionality of the antigen-presenting cells and the limphocites

   Immunopathology

   Genetic and functional diversity of the immunitary system.

Head Lecturer(s)

Manuel Amaro de Matos Santos Rosa

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Janeways- Immunobiology, 8th edition

-Kuby J, Osborne BA, Kindt TJ, Goldsby RA. Immunology, sixth edition

-http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aids/immunewave.html

-www. whfreeman.com/immunology6e

-Artigos selecionados de revistas científicas.