BIOLOGIA APPLICATA - ANATOMIA UMANA A - FModule BIOLOGIA APPLICATA
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: BARBARA TOMASELLOCourse Structure
Required Prerequisites
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Detailed Course Content
-Cell-cell interaction: cell junction types, receptors and adhesion molecules (integrins, cadherins, lectins, etc.).
- The cell matrix of connective tissues: composition, structure and interaction with cells and remodelling.
- Hints on pathologies associated with altered cell adhesion or structure of the extracellular matrix.
2)Tissue maintenance, remodelling and renewal
-Cell proliferation and death: cellular and molecular mechanisms (mitogens, cellular senescence, cell death signals, DNA damage, apoptosis and necrosis)
-Stem cells and nuclear reprogramming. Stem cells: generalities, differentiation potential, types (embryonic, germinal embryonic, foetal, amniotic, adult, induced). Hints on stem cell study techniques and applications.
3) 2d and 3D cellular models
Cell lines, spheroids, organoids and 3D-printing: technological aspects and applications in biological and clinical research.
Textbook Information
Lodish et al.- Molecular biology of the cell-Zanichelli
Scientific articles
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