The course has the aim to teach the students the causes of diseases, the damage generated by them, the inflammatory and immunitary reaction, the repair of damaged tissues and the basis of general oncology
Knowledge of origin and mechanisms at the basis of inflammatory, degenerative and neoplastic processes.
The main aim of this course is to provide the students the scientific bases to undestand the pathological processes of the tissues. The attended results are the comprehension of the mechanisms inducing diseases and the ability to coordinate the notions of the course in an organic way.
Frontal lectures
General Aetiology; Physical causes of diseases (radiation, heat and mechanic force); Chemical causes of diseases: mechanisms and biotransformation of xenobiotics. Cell pathology: main types of adaptation (atrophy and hypertropy); main types of cell damage and death (necrosis and apoptosis). Acute and chronic inflammation. Innate and acquired immunity. Repair of tissue damage. General oncology: defition and features of the tumours and neoplatic cells. Metastasis. Molecular basis of oncology (oncogenes and oncosuppressors). Aetiology of tumours. Tumours classification.
Lecture notes about the whole program will be available for the students on Aulaweb. Support texts: General Pathology: 1) GM Pontieri, Elementi di Patologia generale, Piccin, 2) M. Parola, Patologia Generale, EdiSes. Immunology: Gonzalez - Mainiero - Palmieri – Paolini, Biologia e patologia del sistema immunitario, Piccin
Lecture notes about the whole program will be available for the students on Aulaweb. Support texts: General Pathology:
1) GM Pontieri, Elementi di Patologia generale, Piccin, 2) M. Parola, Patologia Generale, EdiSes.
Immunology:
Gonzalez - Mainiero - Palmieri – Paolini, Biologia e patologia del sistema immunitario, Piccin
Ricevimento: Contact by e-mail: susanna.penco@unige.it
Ricevimento: By appointment by email: Grazia.Maria.Spaggiari@unige.it
Ricevimento: Students have the possibility to contact Gabriella Pietra by e-mail (gabriella.pietra@unige.it) or by phone (010 5558219) and ask for an appointment.
Ricevimento: Students have the possibility to contact the teacher by e-mail (claudia.cantoni@unige.it) or by phone (010 56362845) and ask for an appointment. Address 1: Laboratorio di Immunologia Clinica e Sperimentale, Padiglione 2, Istituto G. Gaslini, L. go G. Gaslini 5 Address 2: Sezione di Patologia Generale - DIMES, Via L. Alberti, 2
Ricevimento: The reception of the students is planned from monday to friday (9.30-17.00) , according to the needs and deadlines, by e-mail to the following address: Barbara.Marengo@unige.it The office is located at General Pathology Section - DIMES via LB Alberti 2- Genoa tel +39 010 3538831
Ricevimento: Students can contact the teacher at this address: ricciarelli@medicina.unige.it
Ricevimento: By e-mail : chiara.vitale@unige.it By phone : 010-5558219
October 2017
Written + oral examination
The students will be examined on at least one subject of General pathology and one subject of Immunology, with questions apt to evaluate their knowledge, their communicative ability and their ability to connect various sujects of the course. The knowledge and the definitions of basic elements of the course must be known by the students so that the examination could be approved.
