- Docente: Carlo Guarnieri
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Course contents
It is an
integrated course and consist of various topics which are
described in the global programme of the integrated course.
The programme of Prof. Guarnieri consists of the following
arguments:
General concepts on energetic and metabolic regulation.
Carbohydrate metabolism :
Glycogen metabolism;Glycolysis;Pentose phosphate
cycle;Gluconeogenesis;Hormonal and metabolic regulation of the
glucidic
metabilism.Pyruvate oxidation and tricarboxylic Kreb's
cycle;Mitochondrial ATP production.
Lipid metabolism : Triacylglycerols and complex
structural
lipids;Lipolysis and lipogenesis;ketogenesis;Complex
lipid biosynthesis and catabolism.Cholesterol metabolism and
functions;Plasmatic lipoproteins.
Protein metabolism :
Biosynthesis and degradation of aminoacids;Urea
cycle;Neurotransmitters;Biosynthesis and degradation of purine
and
pyrimidine nucleotides.Biogenic amines.
Metabolic regulation in different physiological and
pathological conditions
(feeding,starvation,exercise,diabete,obesity)
Main biochemical pathways in human organs and tissues
(liver,muscle,adipose nervous and bone tissues,cellular and soluble
blood components,vascular cells,kidney)
Readings/Bibliography
M.Lieberman,A.D.Marks
Biochimica Medica: un approccio clinico
Seconda Edizione - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
Biochimica Sistematica Umana
Clueb editore,Bologna.
Teaching methods
Lessons are integrated with seminars and biochemical discussions of clinical cases.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Teaching tools
Notes and diagrams are available on CD's and on the web site ALMA@DL - AMP Campus
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Guarnieri