GENERAL PATHOLOGY
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Refer to the content of the entire integrated course
A final exam covering all topics included in the program is required to assess achievement of the objectives of the General Pathology Course. The exam consists of a written test comprising 40 multiple-choice questions, with a score of 0.825 for each correct answer and 0 points for each incorrect or missing answer.
The exam questions assess the student's knowledge and understanding of physiological mechanisms, the ability to apply knowledge and understanding, and the student's ability to learn the topics covered.
The exam is passed with a score of 18/33 or higher.
Refer to the content of the entire integrated course
Students will learn the basic notions of cellular and molecular pathology, and the pathologic processes at the basis of multicellular degeneration, inflammation and tumor development. The course will focus also on the innate and adaptive immunity. Special emphasis will be given to acute and chronic inflammation and to related diseases, to the pathogenesis of AIDS and to the neoplastic process. Given the importance of anticancer immunotherapy in the last decade, its applications in the preventive and therapeutic fields in the neoplastic field will be treated
General notions of Pathology:
Etiology (extrinsic causes, mechanisms of action of chemical and physical agents; intrinsic causes, genetic diseases)
Pathogenesis, Morphological and functional modifications
Cellular modifications (causes of cellular damage, necrosis, apoptosis)
Cell growth and differentiation (atrophy, hypertrophy, hypoplasia, hyperplasia, metaplasia)
Inflammation (acute inflammation: vascular and cellular modifications, chemotactic mediators, regeneration and repair of the lesion; chronic inflammation: histology, cellular infiltration, tubercular granuloma)
Inflammation-related diseases: Allergy (type I, II, III, IV), organ specific and systemic autoimmune diseases.
Innate and Adaptive Immunity: lymphoid organs, cells and mediators of the humoral and cellular responses, Major Histocompatibility Complex: polymorphism, function and role in the rejection of transplanted organs. Examples of congenic immunodeficiencies.
Pathogenesis of AIDS
- HIV infection: receptors, co-receptors and cellular targets
- Immune dysfunctions in HIV infection
- Clinical course of HIV infection
Oncology: control of cellular proliferation, anaplasia, tumors classifications; benign and malignant tumors; carcinogenesis: physical and chemical agents, oncogenic viruses; oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes; monoclonality of tumors; multistep carcinogenesis; the metastatic process
cancer immunotherapy
The educational objectives of the course will be achieved through lectures for a total of 36 hours, in which the basic topics of General Pathology and Immunopathology will be addressed, giving emphasis to how the figure of the technician fits into the different topics that will be covered . the lessons will be alternated with quiz and presentations into small groups to revise the topics. Attendance of the lessons is mandatory.
Office hours previous appointment by e-mail (mariastella.carro@uninsubria.it) at Laboratories of General Pathology and Immunology “Giovanna Tosi”, Pad. Biffi, via O.rossi 9, Varese.