Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, UD Hospital de Sant Pau
Contact : Ricardo PUJOL-BORRELL, Professor of Immunology e-mail : ricardo.pujol@uab.cat
Cándido JUÁREZ e-mail : CJuarez@santpau.cat
Keywords: immune tolerance, autoimmune diseases, systemic autoimmunity, lupus, liver autoimmunity, bowel inflammatory diseases, skin autoimmunity, myopathies, experimental models, immunotherapy
Aims:
1. To understand the main mechanisms of tolerance relevant to autoimmune disease
2. To learn the epidemiology and the environmental factors postulated to trigger autoimmune disease
3. To know the main elements of autoimmune response
4. To understand present evidence on the contribution of genetic factors to autoimmune diseases
5. To be able to discuss current pathogenic hypothesis on autoimmunity
6. To Be familiar with the principal autoimmune diseases
7. To learn available tools to diagnose the main autoimmune diseases
8. To understand the principles of immunotherapies applied to autoimmune diseases
9. To be capable of interpret and discuss journal articles focused on autoimmunity, both on experimental models and clinical
Speakers:
Immunology Teaching Staff and clinicians from two of the UAB major Hospitals: Hospital de la Vall d'Hebron, and Hospital de Sant Pau. The seminars will consist in live discussion with the guidance of the tutors of articles covering the main topics of the course.
Learning outcomes:
After the course students will be able to use immunopathology reasoning to understand clinical cases of autoimmunity; know which immunology tests can help in the diagnosis of the main autoimmune diseases; have the capability to discuss research results at a journal club or at a research meeting; be able to design a strategy to approach research in autoimmune diseases.
Updated on April 9, 2019
