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LYMPHOID ORGANS: BONE MARROW, THYMUS, LYMPH NODES AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, SPLEEN, MUCOSE ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID SYSTEM.
B LYMPHOCYTE DEVELOPMENT: SELECTION AND MATURATION OF B CELLS. IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE REARRANGEMENT.
T LYMPHOCYTE DEVELOPMENT: SELECTION AND MATURATION OF T CELLS. TCR STRUCTURE AND TCR GENE REARRANGEMENT.
ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELLS AND INNATE IMMUNITY RECEPTORS.
MHC: GENES AND PROTEINS. ANTIGEN PROCESSING.
INDUCTION OF PRIMARY RESPONSE: DENDRITIC CELL ACTIVATION, INDUCTION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC RESPONSE OF T AND B LYMPHOCYTES.
CYTOKINES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS CYTOKINES REGULATING INNATE IMMUNITY, CYTOKINES REGULATING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNITY. IL-1 SUPERFAMILY, INFLAMMOSOME; TNF SUPERFAMILY.
CHEMOKINES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, INFLAMMATORY AND HOMEOSTATIC CHEMOKINES.
IMMUNITY AGAINST INFECTIONS. IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY AND VACCINES.
TOLERANCE AND AUTOIMMUNITY: CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL TOLERANCE, BREKING OF TOLERANCE, AUTOIMMUNITY AND DISEASES.
ALLERGIES: CAUSES AND TYPES OF HYPERSENSIBILITY DISEASES.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, CLASSIFICATION, GENE THERAPY EXAMPLES. MAIN CONCEPTS ON ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS).
TUMORS AND IMMUNITY: TUMORAL ANTIGENS, IMMUNE RESPONSE TO TUMORS, IMMUNOTHERAPY AND VACCINATION AGAINST TUMORS.
TRANSPLANTATION: ANTI-GRAFT IMMUNE RESPONSE, EFFECTOR MECHANISMS, BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR INTERVENTION.

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