Basic Functional Immunology

A must-have resource for clinicians who deal with inflammation. Take a deep dive into the different types of immune responses (Th1, Th2 & Th17) and why not all inflammation can be treated the same way.

Course Information

1. Introduction

• Why functional immunology?
• Understanding the inflammatory cascade
• When bloodwork is “normal”
• The last few years…
• Increased incidence of immune conditions
• The modern approach
• If not you, who else?
• The importance of inflammation

2. Innate Immune System

• Innate immunity overview
• Innate vs acquired immunity
• Th2 drives acquired
• What inhibits the innate response?
• Switching off autoimmunity
• Barrier defence
• How to drive innate immunity
• NK cells
• Pregnancy
• Sunlight & NK cells
• Germ Theory vs Terrain Theory
• Is there a better way?

3. Acquired Immune System

• Immune system review
• Innate vs acquired immunity
• Understanding the immune response
• T helper cells
• Th1 characteristics & solutions
• Th2 characteristics & solutions
• Th17 characteristics & solutions
• Treg protocol
• SCFAs & Resistant starch
• Gut fermentation, mTOR & autophagy

4. Stress & the Immune System

• The medical paradigm
• How & why trauma presents
• Stress, IL-6 & Th17
• IL-6, Th17 & Treg Balance
• Autophagy & mitophagy
• Vagus nerve & IL-6
• Pavlov for patients
• Overload & neuroception
• Mitochondria & Cell Danger Response
• Maladapted stress
• The 4 triggers of CDR
• Fight, flight & the polyvagal theory
• 5 energy depleting personality patterns
• How to reset & calm the nervous system & immune function

Course Instructor

Dr Stewart Gillespie Author

Dr Stewart Gillespie is the founder of the Innate Immunity Method™, a global mentorship program to teach health professionals his unique protocols based on the different types of immune responses (Th1, Th2, Th17).