Publications by authors named "T Jeren"

Article Synopsis
  • Clinical cytology, known for the Pap test in gynecology, offers high accuracy and low-cost diagnostics across various medical fields but is underutilized in practice.
  • A panel discussion at the 4th Croatian Congress of Clinical Cytology aimed to educate primary practitioners on the benefits of cytodiagnostics for various conditions, including infectious diseases, hematology, and pulmonary issues.
  • The discussion emphasized improving communication between primary care doctors and cytologists to enhance patient care based on cost-effectiveness and true patient benefit.
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With emergence of MHC class I tetramers loaded with CD8+ T-cell viral epitopes, it is possible to study virus-specific CD8 cells in humans during infection and after vaccination. MHC class I tetramers was used to detect the frequency of haemagglutinin (HA)-specific T cells in 26 healthy influenza-vaccinated humans. Peripheral blood was collected before, and 7, 14 and 28 days after vaccination.

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We investigated the distribution of memory (CD45RO+) and naive (CD45RA+CD62L+) CD4+ T-cells as well as CD8+ T-cells and total T-cells in the CSF of children with aseptic meningitis following measles-mumps-rubella (MMW) vaccination and those with enteroviral meningitis. Flow cytometric analysis of CSF cells was performed in 12 children with MMR vaccine-associated meningitis and 11 children with enteroviral meningitis. Percentages of total T-cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells and monocytes in CSF of patients from the two groups were not significantly different.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after exposure to extreme traumatic experience such as war trauma, and is accompanied by fear, helplessness or horror. Exposure to trauma can result in immune dysregulation and influence susceptibility to infectious disease as well as vaccine efficacy. The aim of the study was to determine the relation of psychological stress and the immune response to influenza vaccination in combat-related PTSD patients (n = 28).

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Objectives: The aim of our study was to determine whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) contains CXCL10, CXCL11, p40 subunit of interleukin-12 (IL-12)/IL-23, IL-18 and IL-15. We compared serum and CSF concentrations of CXCL10 and analysed the possible concentration gradient of this chemokine between the periphery and central nervous system.

Materials And Methods: The study enrolled 19 TBE patients and 10 patients with non-inflammatory neurological diseases.

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