- Docente: Annalisa Pession
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8474)
Learning outcomes
This course will focus on examination of the molecular basis of
human diseases and the application of genetic, biochemical, and
molecular biological principles to an understanding of the
diseases. Course will focus on mechanisms and regulation of immune
system.
Course contents
Principles of pathology, aetiology and pathogenesis. Necrosis
and apoptosis. Hyperplasia, hypertrophy.
Acute inflammation (Classical signs. Vascular response and cellular events. Chemical mediators. Patterns of inflammation and systemic effects.) Chronic inflammation (Mononuclear infiltration. Granulomatous inflammation. Tubercolosis). Wound healing. Sclerosis.
Pathology of the vascular system. Oedema, haemostasis,
thrombosis and embolism. Infarction and shock.
Cancer (Definition, epidemiological aspects. Molecular basis of cancer. Tumor growth. Mechanisms and pathways of invasion and metastasis. Carcinogenic agents. Clinical cancer pathology).
The immune system as the fundamental defense system of the organism. Immune alterations as causes of disease.
Readings/Bibliography
G. M. Pontieri
Patologia generale e fisiopatologia generale
II Edition
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written examination
Teaching tools
Digital slides. Lectures will be supplied on informatic supports.
Office hours
See the website of Annalisa Pession