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GRADUATE COURSE DETAILS

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Course Title: Reproductive Immunology II Code: TMB6228 Field: Medical Microbiology

Education and Teaching Methods Credits
Project/ Credit
Lecture Practise Lab. Homework Other Total ECTS
Field Study T+A+L=Credit
42 28 80 50 200 3+0=3 7
Semester Autumn/Spring Language Turkish/English

Basic Technical Social

Course Type Scientific
Scientific Elective Elective
Hofbauer cells and placental viral infection; Gamma/delta T cells in pregnancy; Placental regulation of immune
functions; TAM receptors in pregnancy; The epigenetic regulation of the immune system during pregnancy;
Course Content Interactions between the epithelial barrier and the microbiota in the reproductive tract; Immune factors in the
pathogenesis, and the potential therapeutic targets, of endometriosis I,II,III; The role of immune factors in
endometriosis-related conditions I, II; Immunology and the management of endometriosis I,II,II

Depending on the role of the immune system in pregnancy and fetal growth and endometriosis to examine the role
Course Objectives of different immune cells and the process of inflammation during reproduction: implantation, and early placentation,
and pathological conditions in pregnancy that are associated with dysregulation of the immune system.
The students,
a) can explain how the immune system is involved in pregnancy
b) can explain the role of different immune cells and the process of inflammation during the most critical period of
Learning Outcomes reproduction: implantation, early placentation, and endometriozis
and Competencies c) can explain the role of the immune system in supporting many of the physiological changes taking place at the
uterus necessary for implantation, placentation, and fetal growth
d) can explain pathological conditions in pregnancy that are associated with dysregulation of the immune system
e) can explain Immunology and the management of endometriosis
Textbooks 1) Reproductive Immunology-Basic Concepts, Ed. Gil Mor, Academic Press, 2021
and /or References 2) Immunology of Endometriosis, Ed. Kaori Koga, Academic Press, 2022
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Theoretical Courses Project Course and Graduation Study
If any, Percent If any, Percent
mark as (X) (%) mark as (X) (%)
Midterm Exams - - Midterm Exams
Quizzes - - Midterm Controls
Homework - - Term Paper
Term Paper, Oral Examination
- -
Project Reports, etc.
Laboratory Work Final Exam
Final Exam X 100 Other
Other - -
Week Subjects
1 Hofbauer cells and placental viral infection
2 Gamma/delta T cells in pregnancy
3 Placental regulation of immune functions
4 TAM receptors in pregnancy
5 The epigenetic regulation of the immune system during pregnancy
6 Interactions between the epithelial barrier and the microbiota in the reproductive tract
7 Immune factors in the pathogenesis, and the potential therapeutic targets, of endometriosis I
8 Immune factors in the pathogenesis, and the potential therapeutic targets, of endometriosis II
9 Immune factors in the pathogenesis, and the potential therapeutic targets, of endometriosis III
10 The role of immune factors in endometriosis-related conditions I
11 The role of immune factors in endometriosis-related conditions II
12 Immunology and the management of endometriosis I
13 Immunology and the management of endometriosis II
14 Immunology and the management of endometriosis III
Instructor/s Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÜNLÜ, Doç. Dr. Akın USTA
e-mail unlum026@gmail.com, drakinusta@gmail.com
Website http://bautip.balikesir.edu.tr/