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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues (Corso Elettivo) (2018/2019)
Teaching code
0891M
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/15 - BLOOD DISEASES
Period
Corsi elettivi 1° semestre dal Oct 8, 2018 al Dec 21, 2018.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at giving a general overview on biological features and clinical application of hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and regenerative medicine
Program
1) Normal bone marrow: biological bases of hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
2) Stem cell manipulation: technical and ethical issues
3) Immunobiology of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
a) HLA restriction and antigen presentation
b) Immune response activation, costimulation and expansion
c) Cytokine network
4) Transplant-related immunological phenomena
a) Graft-versus-Host (GvHD)
b) Graft-versus-leukaemia (GvL)
c) Host-versus-Graft (HvG)
5) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation procedure
6) Non-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: new frontiers in Regenerative Medicine
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gian Paolo Bagnara | Cellule Staminali (Edizione 2) | Esculapio | 2013 | 978-88-7488-997-6 | |
S. Tura | LEZIONI DI EMATOLOGIA | 6° edizione - Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna | 2015 | ||
Castoldi G. e Liso V | Malattie del sangue e degli organi emopoietici (Edizione 4) | McGraw-Hill | 2014 |
Examination Methods
ATTENDANCE-BASED EVALUATION
DATE: 29 Oct 18, 5-19-21 Nov 2018 h 17.30
NOTE: attendance of 3 out of 4 lessons is required for credits
Location: Lente Didattica
The course is specifically dedicated to 4th-5th-6th year students of Medicine.