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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Pathology

531-304 Molecular Pathology A

Note:

Credit is not available for both Pathology 531-304 and 531-305.

Coordinator:

Dr J R Underwood. Deputy Coordinator: Dr M M Ayers

Prerequisite/s:

General Pathology 531-301 or 531-302; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 521-211 + 521-212 and 521-221 + 521-222 (Before 1997: 521-201 and 521-202). Recommended: Pathology 531-303; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 521-301 or Microbiology 526-304.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

39 lectures (three a week)

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

  • understand the molecular basis of a variety of disease processes which have as a common theme a disturbance of function at the level of the cell membrane;

  • integrate this knowledge with the general principles of Cellular Pathology provided in 531-301 and 531-303.

Content:

Molecular pathological processes and cell surface molecules of disease; immune mechanisms of tissue damage; immune deficiency diseases; auto-immune diseases; immunohematology; immunogenetic principles of HLA and human blood groups; immunoglobulin gene structure and expression; aspects of transplantation biology. Cell surface molecules in diseases of the nervous system, and in neoplastic processes. Diseases associated with growth factors and their receptors.

Assessment:

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

Prescribed Texts:

As for 531-301 General Pathology A and

  • Brostoff et. al., Clinical Immunology, Gower Medical Publishers 1991.
    or
    Abbas et. al., Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Saunders 1991.
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