Immunology Tutorial

Why Have an Immune System?

Infectious Disease
Introduction to the Pathogens
Normal Flora
Infection and Pathogenesis
Disease Spread
Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Immunity Rules: Overview of the Immune System

Immunity Protects Us from Infectious Disease
The Immune System: Cells and Organs
Immunology Rules!
Seeing and Eliminating Antigen
Antigen

Foreign (Pathogen) Antigens
CD Antigen Markers
Cytokines

Antigen Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Complement
Complement Functions
Complement Cascades
Regulation of Complement Function

Complement Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Innate Immunity : Off-the-Shelf Responses to Pathogens
Infection and Immunity Part 1
Migration and Adhesion
Pathogen Elimination

How Does the Adaptive Immune System Recognize Danger?

Innate Immunity Tutorial (University of South Carolina) [Video]

IMMUNOGLOBULINS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Antibody Genes
Naming and Organization
Somatic Recombination
Somatic Hypermutation and Isotype Switching

THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

GENETICS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Antigen-Antibody Reaction

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS AND SELECTED TESTS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Antibody Formation

ANTIBODY FORMATION Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Cell Involved In Immune Response

B Cell Development
Generation of B Cells
Regulation of B Cell Development
Positive Selection of B Cells
Negative Selection of B Cells
B Cell Heterogeneity

T Cell Development
Generation of T Cells
Positive Selection of T cells
Negative Selection of T Cells
gd T Cells

CELLS INVOLVED IN IMMUNE RESPONSES Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

TCR
T Cell [antigen] Receptor
TCR Somatic Recombination

 
MHC: Antigen Processing and Presentation
MHC Structure and Function
Antigen Processing and Presentation
MHC Gene Expression

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) and T-CELL RECEPTORS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

RESPONSE TO ANTIGEN: PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION
MHC RESTRICTION AND ROLE OF THE THYMUS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Receptor Signaling
Ligand-Receptor Binding Alters Cell Function
Antigen Receptor Structure and Signaling
Other Receptor Pathways

How Does the Adaptive Immune System Eliminate Pathogens?

T Cell-Mediated Immunity
T Cell Activation
Properties of Effector Cells
Cytotoxic T Cells
Macrophage Activation by Th1 (Inflammatory T) Cells

CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY: Cell interactions in specific immune responses Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Humoral Immunity
Antibody Production
Isotype Distribution and Function
FcR+ Accessory Cells

The Big Picture: Immunity to Infection
Infection and Immunity Part 2
Adaptive Immunity to Infection
Mucosal Immunology
Immune Memory
Regulation of Immune Responses

IMMUNOREGULATION Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

IMMUNODEFICIENCY Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

 
Inherited Immune Deficiencies

Too Much of a Good Thing: Allergy and Hypersensitivity
IgE Synthesis
Effector Mechanisms of Allergy
Hypersensitivity Disease
Autoimmunity
HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Autoimmunity
Tolerance
Manipulating the Immune System
TOLERANCE AND AUTOIMMUNITY Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Transplantation
Clinical Immunosuppression

MHC: GENETICS AND ROLE IN TRANSPLANTATION Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video] 

Tumor Immunology
TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]

Vaccines
Rationale for Vaccine Development
Vaccine Types
Experimental Approaches to Vaccine Development 

IMMUNIZATION Tutorial (University of South Carolina); [Video]