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Immunologie générale [ WSBIM1334 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  65.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Coulie Pierre (coordinator) ; Renauld Jean-Christophe ; Van den Eynde Benoît ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Bruxelles Woluwe
Prerequisites

cellular biology, bacteriology, virology, molecular biology, genetics.

Main themes

Main discoveries that lead to the identification of antibodies, HLA molecules, B and T lymphocytes, and of the main interactions between immune cells, involving or not soluble agents. Description of the main components of innate immunity. Integrated view of all these components at work in infectious diseases, vaccination, autoimmmune diseases, cancer, transplantation and hypersensibility reactions.

Aims

Understand how our immune system deals with microbes through adaptive and innate immunity. Understand the mechanisms that lead to the two main characteristics of adaptive immunity: specificity and memory. Understand the bases of vaccination, graft rejection responses, autoimmune diseases and hypersensitivity reactions such as allergy.

Evaluation methods

written examination with exercices, short answers or essays. No multiple choice.

Teaching methods

Yearly updated syllabus (2 volumes), slides.

Content

The main concepts are introduced with an historical perspective and the explanation of the principal experimental facts that have led to a major discovery.

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
Faculty or entity
in charge
> SBIM


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