USAL Program Medical Immunology 2022 (1st Edition)
Prof. Jacques J.M van Dongen
Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-Instituto de Biología Celular y Molecular del Cáncer y Leiden University Medical Center.
Basic aspects of human immunology and relevance for medicine
January 25th Introduction: Structure and function of the immune human system
January 27th Adaptive immune system: antigen receptors and repertoire & ageing (consequences for disease susceptibility)
Understanding immunological mechanisms of disease
February 28th No lecture
March 1st Immune response to infections and vaccinations: COVID as model system (cancelled)
March 3rd Immunodeficiencies: PID and immune compromised patients
March 15th Malignancies of the immune system: Diagnosis, classification and monitoring (together with Julia and Alberto)
March 16th HLA system and organ transplantation (SCT and solid organ transplantation) + local case (cancelled)
May 10th Allergies and role of immune cells and antibodies + local case
May 12th Auto-immunity & auto-immune diseases: mechanisms and consequences + local case
June 21st Organ-specific (endocrine) auto-immune diseases and systemic diseases + local case
June 23rd Immunotherapies: antibodies and cellular therapies + local case
- special attention for antibody therapies and their mechanisms
- combined antibody therapies
- CAR T-cell therapy
Date: tbd Immune reconstitution and immune regeneration after SCT, gene therapy and immune therapies + local case