Immunology: Innate Immune System
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Immunology: Innate Immune System at Coursera Overview
Duration | 7 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Immunology: Innate Immune System at Coursera Highlights
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Immunology: Innate Immune System at Coursera Course details
- In this course, you will take a closer look at the mechanisms and cellular components involved in this swift response that occurs within minutes of exposure to a threat
- Throughout the course, and guided by our active researchers, you will have opportunities to recognise its key protective mechanisms and to explain their importance for our overall health
- You will learn about the mechanisms it uses to inform our adaptive immune system of the presence of a threat, and understand how some environmental factors, such as our own internal microbiome, influences it
- Finally, you will have opportunities to reflect on current related issues and controversies in this fascinating field of research
Immunology: Innate Immune System at Coursera Curriculum
Components of the innate immune system
Introduction
Introduction to innate Immunity
The evolution of our immune systems
Components of the innate immune system
Welcome
Anatomic and chemical barriers of innate immunity
Key mechanisms involved in innate immune responses to microorganisms
Toll-like receptors
Cytokines
Week 1: Practice quiz
Module 1: End of module quiz
The complement system
The complement system
Components of the complement system
Functional proteins in the complement system
Complement pathways in a nutshell
Module 2: End of module quiz
Programming of innate immunity by the microbiota
The protective role of the microbiota
Programming host defences to infection by the microbiota - Part 1
Programming host defences to infection by the microbiota - Part 2
Introduction to programming of innate immunity by the microbiota
Hidden communities of friends and foes: The importance of microbiota in human health and disease
Week 3: Practice quiz
Module 3: End of module quiz
Antigen processing - MHC Class I and Class II
Antigen presentation
MHC class 1 and antigen processing
MHC class 2 and antigen processing
Antigen presentation pathways
Week 4: Practice quiz
Module 4: End of module quiz
Natural killer cells
Natural killer cells and other innate lymphoid cells
Natural Killer cell in a nutshell
Development and sub-groups of NK cells
NK cell activation and inhibition
Week 5: Practice quiz
Module 5: End of module quiz
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