A selection of downloadable lecture notes from both the Fall 2005 and Fall 2002 versions of this course are available below:
Fall 2005
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Overview - Dr. Shiv Pillai |
| 2 | Cells of the Immune System - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) |
| 3 | Lymphocyte Homing - Dr. Ulrich von Andrian (PDF) |
| 4 | Case Presentations at MGH |
| 5 | Antibodies and Antigens - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) Analyzing a Clinical Case - Dr. Bobby Cherayil |
| 6 | Antigen Receptors and the Generation of Diversity - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) |
| 7 | Case Presentations at MGH |
| 8 | B Lymphocyte Development and Activation - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) |
| 9 | Tutorial Session I Antibody Dependent Protection - Dr. Shiv Pillai |
| 10 | Antigen Presentation - Dr. Hidde Ploegh (PDF) |
| 11 | Tutorial Session II T Lymphocyte Development - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) |
| 12 | Tutorial Session III Signal Transduction in Lymphocytes I - Dr. Shiv Pillai |
| 13 | Cell Mediated Immunity - Dr. Andrew Lichtman (PDF) |
| 14 | Tutorial Session IV Signal Transduction in Lymphocytes II - Dr. Shiv Pillai |
| 15 | Paper Discussion 1 |
| Midterm Exam | |
| 16 | Dendritic Cells - Dr. Shannon Turley Frontiers: Costimulation - Dr. Arlene Sharpe (PDF) |
| 17 | Paper Discussion 2 |
| 18 | Memory and Death - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) Immunology of TB - Dr. Samuel M. Behar |
| 19 | Tutorial Session V Immune Mediated Injury - Dr. Richard Mitchell |
| 20 | Asthma and Allergy - Dr. Dale T. Umetsu Frontiers: DC and Innate Immunity - Dr. Nir Harcohen |
| 21 | Multiple Sclerosis - Dr. David Hafler Frontiers: Autoimmune TCRs - Dr. Kai Wucherpfennig |
| 22 | Paper Discussion 3 |
| 23 | Leukemias and Lymphomas - Dr. Jon C. Aster CD1 and Lipid Antigens - Dr. Richard S. Blumberg |
| 24 | Tutorial Session VI Transplantation Immunology - Dr. Hugh Auchincloss |
| 25 | Immunology of HIV/AIDS - Dr. Bruce Walker Frontiers: Genetic Instability and Cancer - Dr. Frederick W. Alt |
| 26 | Regulatory T Cells - Dr. Diane Mathis Bone Marrow Transplant - Dr. Megan Sykes |
| 27 | Tutorial Session VII Tumor Immunology - Dr. Andrew Lichtman (PDF) |
| 28 | Paper Discussion 4 |
| 29 | Regulating Humoral Autoimmunity - Dr. Shiv Pillai Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Dr. Ramnik Xavier |
| 30 | Immunodeficiency Disorders - Dr. Francisco Bonilla |
| 31 | RA and Lupus - Dr. Paul Anderson |
| 32 | Genetic Susceptibility to Disease - Dr. Shiv Pillai (PDF) |
| Final Exam |
Fall 2002
| TOPICS | NOTES |
|---|---|
| Overview | Lecture Notes (PDF) Handout (PDF) |
| Cells of Immune System and Innate Immunity | Lecture Notes (PDF) Handout (PDF) |
| Antibodies Antibody-dependent Protection Mechanisms | Lecture Notes (PDF) and (PDF) Handouts (  PDF 1) and (PDF 2) |
| Antigen Receptors and Development of Diversity T Lymphocyte Development | Handout (for Antigen Receptors) (PDF) Handout (for T Lymphocyte Development) (PDF) |
| B Lymphocyte Dev and Activation | Handout (PDF) |
| Cell-mediated Immunity | Handout (PDF) |
| Lymphocyte Homing | Lecture Notes (PDF) |
| MHC/Antigen Presentation | Lecture Notes (PDF) |
| A Bloody Glove - Tutorial Lymphocyte Activation, Cytokines, Costim | Handout (PDF) |
| Transplantation Immunology Presentations 7 and 8: Chronic Granulomatous/MS | Lecture Notes (PDF) |
| Immunology of HIV Disease | Lecture Notes (PDF) |
| Costimulation Presentation 9: Lymphoprolif Syndrome | Lecture Notes (PDF) |
| Memory and Death in Immune System IgE System and Immediate Type Hypersens | Lecture Notes (PDF) Handout (PDF) |
| Tumor Immunity | Handout (PDF) |
| Immunodeficiency Syndromes/Review | Lecture Notes (PDF) |