Sumários

9 Março 2020, 17:00 • Elsa Anes

Antigen presentation MHCI and II and vaccine development
Antigen presenting cells.

Dendritic cells the professional APC

The Major histocompability system type I and II

Endogenous and exogenous antigens. Cross presentation.

Co-receptors: the three signals for T cell activationTh1 and Th2 lymphocytes.

CD4 sub-sets

Antibodies: opsonization and neutralizing

What is a vaccine

2 Março 2020, 17:00 • Elsa Anes

Epidemiology in infectious diseases

Concepts of epidemiology

Importance of the epidemiology infectious diseases

Disease transmission dynamic

Prevention and control of infectious diseases

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Microorganisms in heath and in disease
Evolution is determined by the interactions between living beings

The tree of life

Symbiosis relationships

Microorganisms and species co-evolution

Microbiota in heath and in disease

What makes a pathogen?

Koch (molecular) postulates

Virulence mechanisms

Extracellular pathogens: toxin producers and multifactorial

Intracellular pathogens: Invasive vs evasive

Fundamentals on Cellular Biology of the Infection

Timeline of the lectures, the logic, and the evaluations