Module MZ4128-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, optional subject, Immunology

Classes and lectures:

• Special topics of clinical immunology (seminar, 2 SWS)
• Special topics of clinical immunology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 120 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• The students get advanced knowledge of various branches and aspects of clinical immunology
• The students get an insight into the interdisciplinary clinical-immunological aspects of dermatological, gastroenterological, hematological and rheumatologic disorders
• The students get to know immunopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of selected diseases, (pemphigus, pemphigoid, connective tissue diseases, ANCA-associated vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis), in context of the involved immune system (especially immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammation)
• Gender differences of the immune system
• Epigenetic changes in the context of clinical immunology

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are able to explain the immune response of the innate and adaptive immune system in the context of diagnostic and therapeutic issues
• Students are able to explain common features of primary immunodeficiencies affecting humoral immune response or T cell function
• The students can describe the current knowledge for the development of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and bullous autoimmune skin diseases.
• They can provide examples of genetic defects and epigenetic modification leading to primary immunodeficiencies and autoimmunity
• They know gender differences of the immune system
• The students can critically evaluate scientific content of recent scientific publications in the field of clinical immunology
• The students can give didactically good presentations

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Enno Schmidt

Teacher:

• Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
• Medical Clinic I
• LIED | Lübecker Institut für experimentelle Dermatologie (Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology)
• Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Enno Schmidt
• Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Lemcke
• Dr. Stephanie Goletz
• Dr. Ingolf Karl
• Prof. Diamant Thaci
• Prof. Dr. med. Gabriela Riemekasten
• Prof. Peter Lamprecht
• Prof. Dr. med. vet. Jennifer Hundt

Literature:

• Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul Travers, Mark Walport : Janeway Immunologie
• Hans-Hartmut Peter / Werner J. Pichler / Ulf Müller-Ladner : Immunologie ISBN: 978-3-437-23256-5
• Robert R. Rich, Thomas A Fleisher, William T. Shearer, Harry Schroeder, Anthony J. Frew, Cornelia M. Weyand : Clinical Immunology: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

16.04.2021