FK UII Organizes Guest Lecture from Pakistan

 

        Kaliurang (UII News – 12/10) – Faculty of Medicine, Indonesian Islamic University held an activity Guest Lectures  by presenting speakers from the University of Health Sciencer, Lahore, Pakistan, namely Prof.Dr. Nadeem Afzal, MBBS, M.Sc., Ph.D.

 

        This was conveyed by doctor Syaefudin Ali Akhmad, M.Sc after the guest visit for the Guest Lecture which was held on Monday, 12 October 2015 / 29 Dzulhijah 1436 H at GKU Lt. 1 Timur Prof.Dr. Sardjito, MD, Jalan Kaliurang Km.14,5 Sleman, Yogyakarta, which was attended by students as well as the Immunopathology block team, with material on autoimmune disease: basic & Clinical Aspect.

"Autoimmunity is Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), EAE: best studied models of autoimmune diseases, – concurrent inflammation of brain and spinal cord Mediated by T cells. Can be induced by immunizing with myelin basic protein (MBP) or protolipid protein (PLP) in complete Freund's adjuvant, Within 2-3 weeks animals develop cellular infiltration of myelin sheaths of CNS: resulting in demyelination or paralysis, Most animals die, but some have milder symptoms. Some develop chronic symptoms that resemble MS in humans, the EAE model is used to investigate treatment for human MS. Recent mouse experiments suggested that orally administered MBP made Ag-specific T cell clones self-tolerant,” said Prof. Nadeem. Wibowo/Tri