課程資訊
課程名稱
免疫學專題討論
Seminar in Immunology 
開課學期
103-1 
授課對象
醫學院  免疫學研究所  
授課教師
顧家綺 
課號
Immuno7002 
課程識別碼
449 M1080 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
基醫505 
備註
本課程中文授課,使用英文教科書。與伍安怡、許秉寧、李建國、繆希椿、賈景山、朱清良合開
總人數上限:30人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1031Immuno7002_101 
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課程概述

本學期的專題討論將以Journal of Immunology 彙整1966 ~1997經典研究論文 (Pillars articles)為學習討論重點。同時,本學期也安排了二篇2014年Nature Biotechnology的Review,介紹以最新的實驗技術所進行的免疫相關研究。 

課程目標
希望透過這些學習與討論,幫助同學們從過去近五十年來免疫學研究的重大發現、演變與突破的發展進程,更深入地了解當今免疫學理論的主要基礎、啟發科學探索與培養閱讀科學論文的能力。幫助學生逐漸熟悉當前免疫學研究之發展重點。 
課程要求
預習指定的文獻研究、每學期一次的口頭報告、充分參與討論 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
每週的指定閱讀教材,將放在課程大綱中 
參考書目
Journal of Immunology 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
口頭報告 
50% 
指定文獻的口頭報告表現 
2. 
課堂討論與參與 
30% 
課堂上的表現 (提問、補充與討論)佔20% 課後學習心得佔80% 
3. 
9/24 分組討論 
20% 
 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
9/17  課程介紹、分組與評分標準 
第2週
9/24  Immunologic Specificity: the concepts and solutions
Chapters 6 & 7 in “A history of Immunology” by Arthur M. Silverstein, 2nd edition
 
第3週
10/01  The adaptive immune system
1. The Divergence of Lymphocyte Development Pathways J Immunol 2006 176: 6369-6369
PA:The Functions of the Thymus System and the Bursa System in the Chicken. J. Exp. Med. 1966. 123: 75–102
2. The Beginnings of T-B Collaboration J Immunol 2004 173: 7-8
PA: Immunocompetence of Transferred Thymus-Marrow Cell Combinations. J. Immunol. 1966. 97:828-832
 
第4週
10/08  The molecular basis view of antibody diversity
1. Wu and Kabat 1970: A Transforming View of Antibody Diversity
J Immunol 2008 180: 7055-7056
PA: An Analysis of the Sequences of the Variable Regions of Bence Jones Proteins and Myeloma Light Chains and their Implications for Antibody Complementarity. J. Exp. Med. 1970. 132: 211–250
2. The Birth of Molecular Immunology J Immunol 2004 173: 4259-4259
PA: Evidence for Somatic Rearrangement of Immunoglobulin Genes Coding for Variable and Constant Regions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1976. 73: 3628-3632
 
第5週
10/15  B cell tolerance: clonal deletion and receptor editing
1. Nossal and Pike 1975: A Turning Point in the Effort to Define Self-Tolerance
Mechanisms J Immunol 2007 179: 5617-5618
PA: Evidence for the Clonal Abortion Theory of B-Lymphocyte Tolerance. J. Exp. Med. 1975. 141: 904–917
2. Receptor Editing as a Mechanism of B Cell Tolerance
J Immunol 2011 186: 1301-1302
PA: Receptor Editing in Self-reactive Bone Marrow B Cells. J. Exp. Med. 1993.
177: 1009–1020
 
第6週
10/22  Nature Immunology Focus
The promise and challenge of high-throughput sequencing of the antibody repertoire
Nature Biotechnology 32, (2014)
 
第7週
10/29  Requirements for T cell activation: antigen and MHC
1. T Cells Stop to Smell the (Antigenic) Roses J Immunol 2006 177: 1379-1380
PA: Antigen-Induced Selective Recruitment of Circulating Lymphocytes. Cell. Immunol. 1971. 2: 171–181
2. Shaping the T Cell Repertoire J Immunol 2005 175: 7067-7068
PA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex Determines Susceptibility to Cytotoxic T Cells Directed against Minor Histocompatibility Antigens. J. Exp. Med. 1975. 142: 1349–1364
 
第8週
11/05  Shaping the T cell repertoire
1. Proving Negative Selection in the Thymus J Immunol 2005 174: 3841-3842
PA:T Cell Tolerance by Clonal Elimination in the Thymus Cell. 1987. 49: 273–280
2. Positive Selection in the Thymus: An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery
J Immunol 2012 188: 2043-2045
PA: T Cell Receptor Antagonist Peptides Induce Positive Selection. Cell. 1994. 76: 17–27
 
第9週
11/12  Antigen processing and presentation
1. Making Antigen Presentable J Immunol 2007 179: 3-4
PA: Identification of a Macrophage Antigen-Processing Event Required for
I-Region-Restricted Antigen Presentation to T Lymphocytes. J. Immunol. 1981. 127: 1869–1875
2. Characterizing MHC-Associated Peptides by Mass Spectrometry
J Immunol 2007 179: 2667-2668
PA: Characterization of Peptides Bound to the Class I MHC Molecule HLA-A2.1 by Mass Spectrometry. Science. 1992. 255: 1261–1263
 
第10週
11/19  The birth of immune cell subsets: CD4/CD8, DC
1. The Birth of Functionally Distinct T Cell Subsets J Immunol 2006 176: 3859-3860
PA:Functional Subclasses of T Lymphocytes Bearing Different Ly Antigens. I. The
Generation of Functionally Distinct T-Cell Subclasses is a Differentiative Process Independent of Antigen. J. Exp. Med. 1975. 141: 1376–1389
2. The Birth of a Cell Type J Immunol 2007 178: 3-4
PA: Identification of a Novel Cell Type in Peripheral Lymphoid Organs of Mice. I.
Morphology, Quantitation, Tissue Distribution. J. Exp. Med. 1973. 137: 1142–1162
 
第11週
11/26  Not just CD4/CD8 cell subsets: Th1/Th2, regulatory T cells
1. The World of Th1/Th2 Subsets: First Proof J Immunol 2005 175: 3-4
PA: Two Types of Murine Helper T Cell Clone. I. Definition According to Profiles of
Lymphokine Activities and Secreted Proteins. J. Immunol. 1986. 136: 2348–2357
2. The Resurrection of T Cell-Mediated Suppression J Immunol 2011 186: 3805-3807
PA: Immunologic Self-Tolerance Maintained by Activated T Cells Expressing IL-2 Receptor α-Chains(CD25). Breakdown of a Single Mechanism of Self-Tolerance Causes Various Autoimmune Diseases. J. Immunol. 1995. 155: 1151–1164
 
第12週
12/03  Nature Immunology Focus
Beyond model antigens: high-dimensional methods for the analysis of antigen-specific T cells. Nature Biotechnology 32, (2014)
 
第13週
12/10  準備週 (沒有報告) 
第14週
12/17  Lymphocyte Costimulation
1. Turning the Tide of Lymphocyte Costimulation J Immunol 2009 182: 2557-2558
PA: T-Cell Antigen CD28 Mediates Adhesion with B Cells by Interacting with Activation Antigen B7/BB-1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1990. 87: 5031–5035
2. CTLA-4: Not All Costimulation Is Stimulatory J Immunol 2011 187: 3457-3458
PA: CD28 and CTLA-4 Have Opposing Effects on the Response of T Cells to Stimulation. J. Exp. Med. 1995. 182: 459–465
 
第15週
12/24  Toll-mediated innate immunity
1. How Discovery of Toll-Mediated Innate Immunity in Drosophila Impacted Our Understanding of TLR Signaling (and Vice Versa) J Immunol 2012 188: 5207-5209
PA: The Dorsoventral Regulatory Gene Cassette spatzle/Toll/cactus Controls the Potent Antifungal Response in Drosophila Adults. Cell. 1996. 86: 973-983
2. MyD88: A Critical Adaptor Protein in Innate Immunity Signal Transduction J Immunol 2013 190: 3-4
PA: MyD88: An Adapter That Recruits IRAK to the IL-1 Receptor Complex. Immunity. 1997. 7: 837–847
 
第16週
12/31  Special seminar  
第17週
1/07  Mini in-house seminar