MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY APPLIED TO HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Module TECNICHE DI IMMUNOLOGIA APPLICATE ALLE BIOTECNOLOGIE UMANE

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: PAOLO FABRIZIO FAGONE

Expected Learning Outcomes

The specific objectives of the course are to allow the student to acquire the fundamental notions on the diagnostic methods for the evaluation of immune system pathologies

Course Structure

Lectures

Required Prerequisites

None

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory at 70%

Detailed Course Content

Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. Production techniques: Hybridomas and Phage Display

ELISA: direct, indirect, sandwich and competitive ELISAs; Standard curve and interpolation of unknown values

Flow cytometric techniques: basics; compensation; cell cycle study; analysis of apoptosis

Immunofluorescence: principles and applications in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases

Sierology: principles and applications

Transplant immunology

Textbook Information

Abbas, Lichtman, Pillai. Immunologia cellulare e molecolare. Edra; 9° edizione 2018

Mauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Anticorpi monoclonaliMauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019; Abbas, Lichtaman, Pillai. Immunologia cellulare e molecolare. Edra; 9° edizione 2018
2ELISA e immunofluorescenzaMcPherson. HENRY'S Diagnosi Clinica e Metodi di Laboratorio. Antonio Delfino Editore; Mauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019
3CitofluorimetriaMcPherson. HENRY'S Diagnosi Clinica e Metodi di Laboratorio. Antonio Delfino Editore; Mauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019
4SierologiaMcPherson. HENRY'S Diagnosi Clinica e Metodi di Laboratorio. Antonio Delfino Editore; Mauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019
5Immunolgia dei trapaintiMcPherson. HENRY'S Diagnosi Clinica e Metodi di Laboratorio. Antonio Delfino Editore; Mauro Maccarrone. Metodologie Biochimiche e Biomolecolari. Zanichelli. 2019

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral exam
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