| Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
| Double degree in Biotechnology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2014 |
 Subjects |
| CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2018_19 |
| Subject | CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | Code | 13904202 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1. Immunity against infections | The immune system against bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Innate and adaptive response. Protective immunity and immunological memory. |
| Topic 2. Immunity and cancer | Tumor antigens. Escape to immunosurveillance. Anti-tumor effector mechanisms. Immunotherapy and vaccines against cancer. |
| Topic 4. Immunodeficiencies | Congenital or primary immunodeficiencies. Defects in the maturation and activation of lymphocytes. Acquired or secondary immunodeficiencies. HIV Radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Metastasis. |
| Topic 5. Autoimmunity and transplants | Gene susceptibility to autoimmunity. Rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus. Gene mutations and autoimmunity. Infection and autoimmunity. Recognition of alloantibodies. Direct and indirect presentation of alloantibodies. Effector mechanisms of rejection. Hyperacute, acute and chronic rejection. Prevention and treatment of rejection in transplants. xenogeneic transplants. |
| Topic 6. Modulation of the immune system. | Regulation of unwanted immune responses. Immunosuppression. Manipulation of the immune response against infections. |
