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UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

VMtroyan0787

30 hours lectures, 15 hours practical activities
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the modern concepts and advances in immunology and how immunology affects our knowledge on the mechanisms of disease processes. The article includes the latest issues related to immunity, structure and function of immune system, characteristics of immunocompetent cells and antigens, synthesis and structure of immunoglobulins, main issues of Immunogenetics, organ graft rejections, mechanisms of establishment and maintenance of immune tolerance, general principles of autoimmunity, hypersensitivity and etc. With this knowledge students will be better able to interpret the basic mechanisms of diseases.

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