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526-304 Principles of Immunology

Credit points: 10.0

Coordinator: Dr W Boyle and Dr C Cheers

Prerequisite: At least 32 points of theory and 12 points of practical 200-level subjects from Microbiology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Anatomy, Botany/Zoology/Anatomy or Genetics.

Contact: 26 lectures (two a week)

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

By the end of the subject students should be able to:

Understand and describe:

• the development, function and regulation of cells in the immune system;
• the relationship between structure and function of antibodies;
• the immunological basis of hypersensitivity reactions;
• the specific immune mechanisms operating in immunity to infectious disease, and in organ transplantation, tumour rejection, and autoimmune disease.

Appreciate:

• the broad framework and the basis of specificity of the immune response;
• the experimental basis of our knowledge of the immune response;
• the application of immunological methods to clinical problems.

Content:

Development, function and regulation of cells of the immune system; immunoglobulins; cytokines; immunological mechanisms operating in immunity to infectious disease; autoimmunity; hypersensitivity; transplantation and tumour immunology.

Assessment:

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination.

Prescribed texts:

• Roitt I et. al. Immunology 3rd edition 1993 Gower

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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