GENERAL PATHOLOGY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

General Pathology

Is part of:

SCIENCES OF HUMAN PATHOLOGY

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SEDDAIU Maria Antonietta

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

For a real fruition of the subjects of the present course, it is recommended that the student has at least attended the following courses: Anatomy, Histology,Biochemistry and Physiology.

AF code:

40000019

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

At the end of the course the student knows the basic concepts of General Pathology necessary for the subsequent development of specific skills in the laboratoristic field. The student is able to use the
acquired knowledge for understanding the pathogenesis of disease and for the diagnosis of the same illnesses. In particular, the aim of the course is to describe the cellular, molecular, and functional mechanisms that are at the base of the general etiology of cellular adaptations, mechanisms of damage and cell death, inflammation, immunopathology and oncology, .

Contents

Reversible and irreversible damage. Cell injury and adaptation to injury. Cell death: necrosis and apoptosis. Degenerative processes. Acute inflammation. Chemicals mediators of inflammatory process. Cronic inflammation and associated deseases. Immunology: properties of immune system. Immunoglobulins: structure and function. Innate and acquired immunity. Ipersensibility, autoimmunity and immunodeficiences. Oncology: properties of neoplastic cells. Eziology and classification of tumors. Molecular basis and fases of cancerogenesis. Metastasis. Epidemiology of tumors.

Recommended Bibliography

Suggested textbooks:
Robbins-Cotran: Le basi patologiche delle malattie-Patologia Generale, vol. unico, ottava edizione 2010 (ed. Elsevier Masson)
Maurizio Parola: Patologia Generale, vol. unico, edizione 2012 (ed.EdiSeS)
Thomas T. King: Patologia Generale, vol. unico, edizione 2008 (ed. Elsevier Masson)
Abbas-Lichtman: Le basi dell’immunologia, terza edizione aggiornata 2013 (ed. Elsevier Masson)

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