- Docente: Gianandrea Pasquinelli
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/46
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will acquire essential concepts to understand the morphology and molecular characteristics of the diseased vascular wall as well as to understand the role that resident vascular stem cells may have in the pathology of vascular wall.
Course contents
Arterial wall morphological and molecular composition. Vascular wall resident stem cells. Stem cell role in diseases of the arterial wall.
Readings/Bibliography
G Pasquinelli - S Valente. Stem cells of the vascular system. In: Stem Cells. GP Bagnara (ed.) I ed. Ed. Esculapio, Bologna, 2020.
Teaching methods
The course consists of 1 CFU (remote teaching) which will be held on June 2020 starting at 9.00 am using the Teams platform.
Assessment methods
The final exam is an oral exposure of a topic chosen from: (1) Arterial wall morphological and molecular composition. (2) Vascular wall resident stem cells. (3) Stem cell role in diseases of the arterial wall.
The vote is 1/3 to the final grade of the Integrated Course.
Teaching tools
The teaching material presented in class will be made available through a specific platform of Unibo.
Office hours
See the website of Gianandrea Pasquinelli
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.