Teaching code

4S007272

Credits

5

Coordinatore

Patrizia Scapini

Language

Italian

Also offered in courses:

• Foundations and methods of treatment in psychiatry - FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE of the course Bachelor's degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Techniques

Moodle Seminars

The teaching is organized as follows:

Program

I. Introduction:
- general concepts
- the pathological process as an alteration of homeostasis
- adaptation, compensation and responsiveness
- pathogenesis
- etiology
II. Cellular Pathology:
-cell death: necrosis and apoptosis
- pathogenetic processes implicated in cellular damage
III. Natural immunity and acquired immunity:
- innate immune cells
- adaptive immune cells
IV. Tissue responses to cell damage:
- acute inflammation: changes in flow and vascular permeability;
- inflammatory exudates (types, composition, localization);
- mechanisms controlling phagocyte migration to the inflammatory sites
- effector functions of phagocytes: oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent bactericidal mechanisms, phagocytosis
V. Mediators of acute inflammation: plasma-derived mediators and cell-derived mediators
- coagulation system, complement system, vasoactive amines
- cytokines
VI. Evolution of the acute inflammatory response:
-tissue repair, regeneration and fibrosis
-chronic inflammation: chronic systemic diseases that affect the joints and connective tissues
VII. Neoplasms

Bibliography

Examination Methods

The evaluation consists of 4 written assignments (one for each Unit) with multiple choice questions.
The specific evaluation criteria for each assignment are shown on the web page of each single Unit.
The exam is considered valid if a positive evaluation is achieved in each assignment.
The final grade is calculated as a weighted average of the grades achieved in each Unit.

THE ABOVE EXAMINATION METHODS WILL BE REFORMULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE GUIDELINES IN FORCE FOR THE CURRENT HEALTH EMERGENCY