Molecular immunology
This course will provide the ground knowledge and ability to give the student a broad understanding of the immune system and its functions. Topics to be covered:
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Basic Immunology
Components of the non-specific immune system, Mechanical barriers Chemical and biochemical barriers, Biology of NK cells, Polymorphonuclear phagocytes, macrophages, and other major cellular components in the innate immunity, Phagocytosis, Opsonization, Components of the specific immune system, antigen presentation, B Cells, Immunoglobulin's (Ig) and humoral immune response, T cells and cell-mediated immune response, MHC molecules
