Postgraduate Specialisation in Internal Medicine

General pathology

Course code

4S01165

Name of lecturer

Marco Antonio Cassatella

Coordinator

Marco Antonio Cassatella

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Other available courses

• Postgraduate Specialisation in Emergency and Urgent Medicine
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Geriatrics
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Medical Oncology
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Haematology
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Digestive System Diseases
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Rheumatology
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Legal Medicine
• Scuola di Specializzazione in Allergologia ed Immunologia Clinica (D.I. 68/2015)

Academic sector

MED/04 - EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

The main tasks of the course is to illustrate the molecular mechanisms responsible for cell and tissue damage, as well as involved in host responses to pathogen invasion and in repair. In addition, the course addresses pathophysiological mechanisms at the basis of alterations of the main homeostatic systems, compensation responses induced by these alterations, and their potential significance as mechanisms of diseases.

Syllabus

Neutrophils in the modulation of immune responses in health and diseases

Il concetto di terapia personalizzata applicato alla fibrosi cistica

le cellule dendritiche: nuovi approcci classificativi e possibili utilizzi in medicina

Role of lncRNAs in the type I interferon response

the biology of slan+ monocytes

La migrazione e l’attivazione dei leucociti durante le malattie infiammatorie croniche: aspetti patogenetici e terapeutici.

Assessment methods and criteria