Biotechnology: Antibodies & their role in Therapeutics

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Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

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The syllabus

Introduction

  • Introduction

Structure of Antibodies/Immunoglobulin

  • Basic Structure of immunoglobulin or antibodies
  • Functional components of Antibodies
  • Summary- Basic structure of antibodies
  • Antibody sequencing to know different types of light and heavy chains of Abs
  • Types of light chains
  • Types of heavy chains
  • Quiz on structure of antibodies

Detailed Structure of Antibodies/Immunoglobulin

  • Immunoglobulin Domains
  • Complementarity determining regions (CDRs)
  • Framework region
  • Binding of antigen to CDRs
  • Role of Hinge Region
  • Summary- Detailed structure of antibodies
  • Quiz

Antibody classes and their biological activities

  • Immunoglobulin G or IgG
  • Immunoglobulin A or IgA
  • Immunoglobulin M or IgM
  • Immunoglobulin E or IgE
  • Immunoglobulin D or IgD
  • Summary- Antibody classes and their biological activities
  • Quiz on functions of antibodies

Complement System

  • Introduction to complement system
  • Nomenclature of complement proteins
  • Classical pathway of complement activation
  • Alternative pathway of complement activation
  • Lectin Pathway of complement activation
  • Membrane Attack Complex (MAC)
  • Summary- Complement system
  • Quiz on complement system
  • Regulation of the complement system
  • Other functions of complement proteins
  • Quiz on regulation of the complement system

Organization of immunoglobulin genes

  • Germline & somatic hypermutation Theory
  • Tonegawa’s Theory- Immunoglobulin genes rearrange
  • Organization of Ig genes
  • Organization of gene segments encoding light chains
  • Organization of gene segments encoding heavy chains
  • Quiz on organization of immunoglobulin genes

V(D)J Recombination

  • VJ recombination in kappa light chain DNA
  • VJ recombination in ƛ light chain DNA
  • VDJ recombination in heavy chain DNA
  • Quiz on V(D)J recombination
  • Mechanism of variable region DNA rearrangements
  • Quiz

Generation of antibody diversity

  • Combinatorial VJ and VDJ joining
  • Junctional Flexibility
  • P-addition
  • N-addition
  • Somatic Hypermutation
  • Quiz on generation of antibody diversity

Expression of immunoglobulin genes

  • Class switching
  • Mechanism of class switching
  • Factors that govern class switching
  • Quiz on class switching

Membrane bound and secreted Antibodies/Immunoglobulin

  • Membrane bound immunoglobulins and BCRs
  • Expression of membrane bound or secreted Immunoglobulin
  • Simultaneous expression of IgM and IgD on mature B cells
  • Quiz on mIg and sIg

Regulation of Immunoglobulin gene transcription

  • Regulatory sequences in DNA
  • Allelic exclusion
  • Mechanism of allelic exclusion
  • Quiz on Ig gene regulation

Antigenic determinants/Epitopes on Immunoglobulin

  • Isotypic determinants
  • Role of anti-isotype antibodies in detection of viral diseases
  • Allotypic determinants
  • Idiotypic determinants
  • Types of anti-ID antibodies
  • Specific uses of anti-ID antibodies
  • Quiz on antigenic determinants on immunoglobulins

Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies

  • Polyclonal Antibodies
  • Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Hybridoma Technology (Production of Monoclonal Antibodies)
  • Selection of Hybridoma cells producing Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Quiz on Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies

Antibody Engineering

  • Advantages of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies over conventional drugs
  • Chimeric Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Fully Human Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Isolation of monoclonal antibodies directly from humans
  • Immunogenicity of engineered monoclonal antibodies
  • Quiz on antibody engineering

Monoclonal Antibody Therapy

  • Immunotoxins
  • Recombinant Immunotoxins
  • Humanised and Fully Human Immunotoxins
  • Bispecific Antibodies or Heteroconjugates
  • Abzymes
  • Quiz on Monoclonal Antibody Therapy

Covalescent Plasma Therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 disease

  • Structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2
  • What is Plasma Therapy or Passive Immunization?
  • How is plasma therapy done?
  • Limitations of Plasma Therapy
  • Quiz on Plasma Therapy

Monoclonal antibody therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 disease

  • Monoclonal antibodies and COVID-19
  • Isolation of monoclonal antibodies from COVID-19 recovered patients
  • How plasma therapy & monoclonal antibody therapy are different from vaccination?
  • Quiz on monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19

What's next?

  • What's next?

Instructors

Ms Roohi Bansal

Ms Roohi Bansal
instructor
Freelancer

Other Masters, Ph.D

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