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Nutrition in Prevention and Treatment of Immune Deficiency and Genetic Disorders
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 15:00:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LU_015 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | |||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vija Neimane | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
| Objective: | |||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The structure and functions of the human immune system. | Lectures | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 2 | Immunodeficiency’s, their causes, including the role of nutritional factors. The clinical signs and the diagnostic methods of immunodeficiency’s. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | Immune system evaluation tests. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | The role of food components in the developmental of immunodeficiency’s in children.The immunology of a mother’s milk. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Immune system disturbances in protein energy malnutrition. Malnutrition and immunodeficiency in old people. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | The influence of fat and carbohydrates on immune function. The immunology of adipose tissues. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | The influence of the most important food mineral components (Fe, Zn, Cu, Se etc.) on the functions of the human immune system. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 8 | The consequences of vitamin deficit in immune function disturbances. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Nutritional modulation of autoimmune diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work of students is organized on individual basis and /ori n working groups by assigning the following tasks: to prepare independly for seminars and presentations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Compulsory attendance of lectures and seminars Intermediate assessment: 1.Two successfully completed tests (control test) on the topics of lectures and seminars 15%x2 2.An oral presentation at the end of the course about the influence of any of the nutritional components on the immune system function 30%. Final assessment: 3.Exam (written) - 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understands the importance of immunity in the pathogenesis of diseases and the effects of nutrition in the complex treatment regimen | ||||||||
| Skills: | 1) Capable to orienting in the components of the immune system and their interaction with food; 2) Assess the immune response capacity of each individual, the use of dietary components in a common treatment regimen | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Develop a personalised dietary plan in specific cases of immunodeficiency | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bharat B.Aggarwal, David Heber Immunonutrition:Interactions of Diet,Genetics and Inflammation. 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | Chapel H., M.Haeney, S. Mishach, „Essentials of clinical immunology”Willey-Blacwell, 5th Ed. 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Cunningham-Rundles S., NY, Basel, Nutrient Modulation of the Immune Response.Honk-Kong, 1993 | ||||||||
| 4 | Fuhrman Joel , Harper Collins Publisher,Super Immunity. 2011 | ||||||||
| 5 | Hydhes David A., L.Gail Darlington, Adrianne Bendich, Diet and human Immune Function. 2004 | ||||||||
| 6 | King RA., Rotter AG,2nd ed.,The Genetic Basis of Common disease. NY: Oxford University press, 2002. | ||||||||
| 7 | Male David Nutrient Modulation of the Immune Response. Ed. 1. Immunology. 7th edition. Mosby, | ||||||||
| 8 | Mihailova, J.Kroiča „Klīniskā imunoloģija”, grāmatā „Klīniskā medicīna” prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā; 15.-172.lpp., Medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2012. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gershwin ME, Nestel P, Keen K.,Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity. Humana Press Inc., Totowa, New Jersey,2004 2. Glimcher Advances in Immunology. Academic Press, 2003. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 2 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 4 | The New England Journal of Medicine, interneta versija: http://content.nejm.org/ | ||||||||
