MOL3005 - Immunologi
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Innhold
Om emnet
Emnet omfatter grunnleggende immunologi med vekt på cellulære og molekylære prosesser som utgjør det humane immunsystem.
Faglig innhold
Anbefalte forkunnskaper
Grunnleggende kunnskaper i cellebiologi, biokjemi og molekylærbiologi.
Pensumlitteratur
Kuby: Immunology 7th edition 2013, W. H. Freeman and Company, ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-8590-3.
Alternativ litteratur: Kenneth Murphy: "Janeway's Immunobiology", 8th edition, 2010, Garland Science, ISBN-9780815342434.
Erfaringer
NTNUs emnebeskrivelse
The immune system governs defense against pathogens and is of importance for development of autoimmune diseases, allergy and cancer. The course discusses basic immunology including cellular and molecular processes that represents the human immune system. Subjects to be presented include cells and organs of the immune system, antigen, immunoglobulins and antibody diversity, molecular mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity, the complement system, antigen presentation, cell-mediated effector responses, immunological techniques and select lecture on the immune system in health and disease.
