Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaHERNÁNDEZ, Manuel, Associate Professor Immunology, HVHde la CALLE, Óscar, Associate Professor Immunology, HSP
Contact: Oscar de la CALLE-MARTIN, Associate Professor Immunology
e-mail: odelacalle@santpau.cat
Manuel HERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Associate Professor Immunology
e-mail: manhernandez@vhebron.nete
Keywords: Primary and secondary Immunodeficiencies; innate immunity deficiencies, adaptive immunity deficiencies, diseases of immune dysregulation, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Aims of “Immunodeficiencies”:
1. Understand the main mechanisms of immunodeficiency diseases;
2. Be familiar with the main types of therapy applied to immunodeficiency diseases;
3. Know the laboratory tools for immunodeficiency diseases' diagnostic;
4. Understand the limitations, risks and diagnostic use of vaccines in immunodeficient individuals
Programme
1. Primary Immunodeficiencies (PID) definition, classification and epidemiology
2. Molecular basis of the PIDs. Present and future
3. Combined Immunodeficiencies. Treatment: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, gene therapy
4. Predominantly antibody deficiencies. Treatment with immunoglobulins
5. Diseases of immune dysregulation. Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and PID syndromes with autoimmunity; 6. Complement deficiencies; 7. Congenital defects of phagocytes
8. Defects in innate immunity; 9. Advanced research techniques in primary immunodeficiencies diseases; 10. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Speakers: Immunology Teaching Staff and clinicians from two of the UAB major Hospitals: Hospital de la Vall d'Hebron and Hospital de Sant Pau and other clinical centres. The tutorials will involve work by the students under the guidance of the different tutors
Learning outcomes:
After the course students will be able to use immunopathology reasoning to understand clinical cases of immunodeficiency; know which immunology tests can help in the diagnosis of the main immunodeficiency diseases; have the capability to discuss research results at a journal club or at a research meeting; know what they can expect from vaccination to immunodeficient individuals.
Updated on April 9, 2019
