Cellular and molecular immunology

Molecular aspects of immunity - innate and acquired. Different strategies for

'remembering' infections: CRISP/Cas system in bacteria and its use in biotechnology, Dscam

receptors in insects, VLR receptors in jawless. Molecular aspects of somatic gene rearrangement in

vertebrates as a result of transposone incorporation. Insects as objects for studying the

mechanisms of innate immunity and as a source of bioactive compounds. In vivo RNA interference

technique for screening if immune-regulated genes. Molecular basis of the basic components of

the immune system synthesis and molecular basis of the interaction of immunologically

competent cells in response to antigens. Genetic and molecular aspects of the synthesis of basic

receptors and cytokines involved in the recognition of antigens. Intercellular interactions and

paracrine interactions in immune reactions in the presence of different groups of antigens.

Immunology of selected diseases.

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10th Ed. 2021, Elsevier LTD, Oxford. Delves P.J, Martin S.J, Burton D.R, Roitt I.M. Roitt's Essential Immunology, 2017, Wiley-Blackwell.