Undergraduate Course: How bacteria manipulate host cell functions to cause disease. (MIBM10047)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This special topic will focus on a range of bacterial pathogens that use a type III secretion system to inject proteins into host cells and the different ways these injected proteins manipulate host cell processes to the advantage of the bacteria. Key pathogens covered include, Salmonella, Yersinia, enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Chlamydia. Injected effector proteins can act on many facets of the disease process including: attachment; invasion, intracellular multiplication; inhibition of phagocytosis; cell division; inflammatory signalling and induction of apoptosis. The topic therefore provides a chance to cover many different aspects of bacterial pathogenesis with a focus on host responses and how they can be manipulated. |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | ID_How_Bact |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof David Gally
Tel: (0131 6)51 1342
Email: D.Gally@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Tracy Noden
Tel: (0131 6)50 3717
Email: Tracy.Noden@ed.ac.uk |
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