(Cmmb 567)Advanced Topics in Immunology

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

New and emerging themes in immunology, with an emphasis on disease processes such as inflammation in the gut, kidney and lung. Topics include: innate immunity, the inflammasome, sterile inflammation, process and mechanism of immune cell recruitment in different tissues, T cell biology, B cell biology, regulatory immune cells, mucosal immunity, airways responses to virus, mechanisms of food allergies, inflammatory bowel disease. Lectures, small group interactive sessions, specified readings. Prerequisite(s): Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology 527 or Medical Science 321. Also known as: (Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology 567)