Photo from the course: IUIS-FAIS Immuno-Tunisia Photo
- The Immuno-Tunisia immunology course is the third in a series of IUIS funded regional workshops.
- The pre-course material is to be found in 8 sections and is a learning tool to refresh your knowledge and prepare you to participate optimally in the course itself.
- Please study the material, which has been specifically prepared for this course.
- Below is a table of the lecturers, the lecture topics and links to the section on Immunopaedia which corresponds to the lecture topic.
Table 1: Lecturer, Title and Section to be found in the IMMUNOTUNISIA pre-course material
Lecturer Title of lecture Section Pre-course topic in Immunopaedia
Yousr Gorgi Fundamental basis of the immune response 1 Overview of the Immune System
Abdallah Badou T Lymphocyte subsets and their function 1 Overview of the Immune System
Abdel Wakkach Cytokines and Immunoregulation 2 Role of cytokines in Immunity
Hatem Masmoudi Mechanisms of Immune Tolerance 3 Tolerance and autoimmunity
Joseph Bellanti Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms regulating the immune response and their clinical applications in auto-immunity 4 Genetics, Epigenetics and immunoregulation
Mechanisms of tolerance breakage and autoimmunity development 3 Tolerance and autoimmunity
Ridha Barbouche Genetic defects and breakdown of tolerance 4 Genetics, Epigenetics and immunoregulation
Kamel Djenouhat Complement and autoimmunity 1 Overview of the Immune System
Clive Gray Infections and auto-immunity 1 & 3 Overview of the Immune System
Tolerance and autoimmunity
Jorge Kalil How an infectious agent can break tolerance to self and induce auto-immunity in humans 1 & 3 Overview of the Immune System
Tolerance and autoimmunity
Boubacar Maiga Vaccination and autoimmunity 3 Tolerance and autoimmunity
Alberto Mantovani Negative pathways of regulation of innate immunity 1 & 6 Overview of the Immune System
Inflammation and autoinflammation
Joaquin Madrenas The Microbiome is an immune regulatory organ 5 Microbes and immunoregulation
Seppo Meri The role of complement in immune tolerance 1 Overview of the Immune System
Christian Boitard Type I diabetes (physiopathology, experimental models and immunologic diagnosis) 7 T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
Michelle Letarte Role of the vascular endothelium in immunoregulation 6 Inflammation and autoinflammation
Imen Sfar Classification of autoimmune disorders and mechanisms of tissue injury 3 & 6 Tolerance and autoimmunity
Inflammation and autoinflammation
Melika Ben Ahmed Systemic lupus erythematosus 8 Antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases
Lilia Laadhar Rheumatoid Arthritis 7 T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan Autoinflammation and autoimmunity 6 Inflammation and autoinflammation
Coeliac disease and IBD: physiopathology and experimental models 7 T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
Mariem Kallel Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses 8 Antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases
Roland Liblau Multiple Sclerosis 7 T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
Marie-Christophe Boissier Cytokines and anti-cytokines in the treatment of autoimmune diseases 2 Role of cytokines in Immunity
Roland Liblau Novel Immunotherapies applied to multiple sclerosis 7 T cell mediated autoimmune diseases
The material in each section has been edited and compiled by IMMUNOPAEDIA (based at the University of Cape Town) and generously contributed by Professor Joseph A. Bellanti from his textbook, “IMMUNOLOGY IV: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE” under an agreement between I Care Press Inc, Immunopaedia (University of Cape Town) and the IUIS. The resource materials available for download have been supplied by each lecturer participating in the course.
For those interested in purchasing the printed version of “Bellanti JA (Ed). Immunology IV: Clinical Applications in Health and Disease. I Care Press, Bethesda, MD, 2012”, go to: www.immunologycenter.org or www.amazon.com.
