Inflammation Biology (AOSGEN135_1A-00)
2016/17. 2nd Semester
Elective subject
prerequisite subject: Immunology
Week
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Lecture in Selye (green) lecture hall
The sequence of the lectures may vary.
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Time: Monday 15:40-17:10
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1
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The place of inflammatory processes in the immune response and in the health science. Introduction
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30 Jan
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2
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Inflammatory cells I.: Antigen presenting cell, monocytes-macrophages, eosinophils and neutrophils
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6 Feb
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3
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Inflammatory cells II.: Basophils and mast cells
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13 Feb
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4
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Molecular mechanisms of the acute inflammation
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20 Feb
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5
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Chemotaxis and chemokines in the inflammation
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27 Feb
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6
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Histaminology
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6 Mar
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7
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Hepatic acute phase reaction
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13 Mar
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8
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Autoinflammatory diseases
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20 March
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9
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Epigenetics of inflammation
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27 Mar
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10
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Role of inflammation in the regeneration and tumorigenesis See on 8 May
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3 Apr
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Spring Holiday
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10 Apr |
11
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Easter Monday
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17 Apr
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12
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Inhibition of inflammation, biological therapies
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24 Apr
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13
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Public Holiday
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1 May
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14
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Role of inflammation in the regeneration and tumorigenesis
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8 May
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For the valid semester and for the exam registration the students have to visit at least 75% of the lectures (Academic and Examination Rules, Article 17, Section 7).
Exam info
The exam mark will be calculated from the scores of a written test (multiple choice). The questions are based on the lecture presentations. For downloading the presentations you have to login onto our homepage. The user name and the password can be found in the web address line of Neptun course page.
Recommended literature:
- Jakab L, Kalabay L: The acute phase reaction syndrome: The acute phase reactants. (A review). Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica 45:409-418, 1998.
- Fulop AK, Falus A. Possibilities and results in the wide-scale genomic analysis of inflammation. Looking for the child among many midwives. Inflamm. Res. 2004 Oct;53(10):517-22.
- Fülöp AK: The role of histamine in the hepatic acute phase reaction and systemic inflammation (Chapter 4.4.) in Falus A. (Ed.): Histamine Biology, Spring Med and Karger 2004.
- Andras K. Fulop : Genetics and Genomics of Hepatic Acute Phase Reactants: A Mini-Review. Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets, 2007, 6(2), 109-15.
- Laszlo Bene, Andras Falus, Noemi Baffy, Andras Kristof Fulop: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in the Two Major Forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.