Basics of Immunology - Lecture Course by M. V. Skok - Kyiv 2002

Section I. Immunochemistry

Lecture 1. General Concepts. The Place of Immunology Among Other Sciences

Lecture 2. Antigens and the Structure of Antigenic Determinants

Lecture 3. Antibodies: Structure and Properties

Lecture 4. Immunoglobulin Genes and Antibody Biosynthesis

Lecture 5. Antigen-Antibody Interaction and Methods for Its Study

Section II. Mechanisms of the Immune Response

Lecture 6. Major Histocompatibility Complex. Antigen Processing and Presentation

Lecture 7. T- and B-Cell Antigen Recognition Receptors. Transduction of Signals from the Cell Surface to the Interior

Lecture 8. Costimulatory Molecules and Lymphokines

Lecture 9. Cytokines and Regulation of the Immune Response

Lecture 10. Activation and Mechanism of Action of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs). Apoptosis

Section III. Immune Processes at the Organism Level

Lecture 11. Development of Immune Cells. Positive and Negative Selection

Lecture 12. Anatomy of the Immune System and Lymphocyte Migration

Lecture 13. General Immunological Phenomena

Lecture 14. Pathologies of the Immune System

Lecture 15. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Appendix 1. The Complement System

Appendix 2. Structure and Role of Fc Receptors