Printing HLA molecules in 3D as part of a pedagogical scenario for active immunology learning

ABSTRACT

Portraying the structure of proteins of immunological interest is an important step to teach complex events of immunology. However this objective faces technical difficulties. In combination with the use of software dedicated to portrait of three-dimension (3D) structures, the democratization of 3D printing provides a unique opportunity for students to manipulate the molecules by themselves and to better understand their structural and functional details. This article describes how 3D printing of a protein belonging to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system can be implemented and included in a pedagogical scenario for teaching the structure-function relationship of these molecules to students of 3rd year of Immunology (AU)

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