526-304 Principles of Immunology

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

At least 31.25 points of theory and 12.5 points of practical 200-level subjects from Microbiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Physiology, Anatomy, Cell Biology or Genetics.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

By the completion of the course the students should understand and be able to describe:

• the development, function and regulation of cells of the immune system
• the relationship between structure and function of antibodies
• the specific immune mechanisms operating in immunity to infection, and
• the basis of immune mechanisms underlying autoimmune disease, hypersensitivity reactions, immunodeficiency diseases and transport and tumour rejection.

The course will include coverage of the 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. 4th ed. 1996.
• Janeway, C.A. and Travers, P., Immunobiology: the immune system in health and disease. 3rd ed. 1997.