Immunology of Infection

Introduction
The immune response to infectious agents

General Methods
Phenotyping and separation of leukocyte populations based on affinity labelling
Cytometric cytokine secretion assay: detection and isolation of cytokine secreting T cells
Measurement of cellular proliferation
Use of bioinformatics to predict MHC ligands and T-cell epitopes: application to epitope driven vaccine design
The use of tetramers in the quantitative analysis of T cell responses
Using microarrays for studying the host transcriptional response to microbial infection
Genome-wide expression profiling of intracelllular bacteria: the interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with macrophages

Murine Models
Management of immuno-compromised and infected animals
In Vitro Analysis
Isolation and preparation of lymphocytes from infected animals for in vitro analysis
Isolation and development of murine T-lymphocyte hybridomas and clonal cell lines
Killer cell assays
Quantitation of T Cell Cytokine Responses by ELISA, ELISPOT, Flow Cytometry and Reverse Transcriptase-PCR Methods
Isolation of and measuring the function of professional phagocytes: murine macrophages
In vivo Analysis
The immune response in mice challenged with bacterial infections
Measuring immune responses in vivo
Specific Models
Murine model of tuberculosis
The leishmaniasis model
Animal models: murine cytomegalovirus
DNA vaccines: fundamentals and practice
Preparation and use of adjuvants

Human Systems
Isolation and propagation of human dendritic cells
Isolation of T cells and establishment of T-cell lines and clones
Growth-transformation of human T cells
Generation and characterisation of human killer cells
Measuring human cytokine responses
Measuring immune responses in situ: immunofluorescent and immunoenzymatic techniques
Isolation, characterisation and cultivation of
human monocytes and macrophages