Introduction to Immunology
Teaching contents⤵️：
Immunity，Immunology and the functions of immune system Features of innate and adaptive immunity and their relationship The components of immune system The evolution of immunology
Antibodies and Antigen
Teaching contents🧑🏿🚒：
1．Features of antigens: hapten，immunogen and antigenic determinant or epitope
2．Structure of an antibody molecule
3．Structure features of antibodies and their relationship to functions；
4. Human antibody isotypes and functions
MHC
Teaching contents⚆：
Properties of MHC genes：polymorphic and polygenic Structures and expression of class I and class II MHC molecules Characteristics of peptide-MHC Interactions
Antigen Processing and Presentation to T Lymphocytes
Teaching contents：
1．Types of Antigen-Presenting Cells for CD4+ T cells
2．Properties of antigens recognized by T lymphocytes
3．Comparative features of class II and class I MHC pathways of antigen
processing and presentation
Innate Immunity
Teaching contents🫳🏼：
Features of innate immunity Components of the innate immune system Effector mechanisms of innate immunity
4．Role of innate immunity in stimulating adaptive immune responses
T cell and T cell-Mediated Immunity
Teaching contents：
1．Structure of the ab TCR and its role in the recognition of MHC-associated peptide antigen
2．Accessory molecules of T cells
3．Subsets of T cells and their biological properties
4．T cell development
5．Antigen recognition，activation，proliferation and differentiation of T cells
6．Effector mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity
B cell and B cell-Mediated Immunity
Teaching contents⏯☃️：
Structure of the BCR complex and its role in the recognition of antigens Accessory molecules of B cells Subsets of B cells and their biological properties B cell development Antigen recognition，activation⏱，proliferation and differentiation of B cells Effector mechanisms of humornal immunity
Immunologic tolerance
Teaching contents♦️：
General features and mechanisms of immunologic tolerance Central tolerance Peripheral tolerance
Hypersensitivity
Teaching contents：
Types of hypersensitivity diseases Effector mechanisms of immunologic diseases: diseases caused by antibodies👩👩👧，diseases caused by T lymphocytes Therapeutic approaches for immunologic diseases
Autoimmunity
Teaching contents🏋🏻♂️：
Pathogenesis of autoimmunity and typical diseases Related factors involved in autoimmune diseases Therapeutic approaches for autoimmune diseases
Immunity to tumors
Teaching contents🏄🏻：
General features of tumor immunity Tumor antigens Immune responses to tumors Evasion of immune responses by tumors
Transplantation Immunology
Teaching contents🚴♀️：
1．The immunology of allogenic transplantation: direct and indirect recognition
2．Effector mechanisms of allograft rejection: hyperacute rejection，acute rejection，chronic rejection
3．Prevention and treatment of allograft rejection
