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Module INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY

Module code: BI801
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: BIOLOGY
International: No
Coordinator: Dr Sinead Miggin (BIOLOGY)
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Topics covered include: cellular and non-cellular components of the innate and adaptive immune system, the structure and downstream signalling pathways of the B cell receptor (including VDJ rearrangements), T cell receptor, cytokine receptors and pathogen recognition receptors, the role of the professional antigen presenting cells in initiating the adaptive immune response, the roles of the effector T cells and B cells in the immune response to pathogen, central tolerance, the structure and role of Major Histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I and Class II molecules.

(Existing BI301 module with change in assessment. Use the BI301 timetable and identify yourself to the lecturer.)

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