A peculiar case of the abscopal effect: radioactive iodine therapy incidentally palliating marginal zone lymphoma.

The abscopal effect is an extremely rare phenomenon occurring when irradiation or treatment of a primary tumor burden not only results in debulking of the targeted site but also reduces tumor size at distant sites from the intended treatment area. We present the abscopal effect occurring in a patient with low-grade marginal zone lymphoma who subsequently received radioactive iodine therapy for papillary thyroid carcinoma. She was 67 years old when a routine complete blood count at her primary care physician's office yielded a persistent leukocytosis of 14,500/μL with lymphocytosis of 9,870/μL.

Sinus of Valsalva: a converging nozzle that contributes to stable flow in the coronary arteries.

The anatomy of the sinuses of Valsalva has not been considered from the viewpoint of a converging nozzle. Converging nozzles reduce turbulence. We reviewed computed tomographic images of the left and right sinuses of Valsalva in 20 consecutive patients.

Role of Rho GTPases in human trophoblast migration induced by IGFBP1.

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP1), the main secretory product of the decidualized endometrium of a pregnant woman, has previously been shown to interact with the alpha(5)beta(1) integrin of extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cell surface to stimulate its migration in an IGF-independent manner. This migration stimulation has also been shown to require activation of extracellular signal regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2; mitogen-activated protein kinase [MAPK] 3/1]) and focal adhesion kinase. The present study examined the roles of Rho GTPases RHOA, RHOC, RAC1, and CDC42 as well as RHO kinases ROCK1 and ROCK2 in IGFBP1-mediated migration of an immortalized EVT cell line HTR-8/SVneo.

Rho guanosine 5'-triphosphatases differentially regulate insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor-dependent and -independent actions of IGF-II on human trophoblast migration.

Both IGF-I and IGF-II stimulate migration of human extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells. Although IGF-I is known to signal through IGF type 1 receptor (IGF1R), IGF-II signals through IGF1R as well as in an IGF1R-independent manner. The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of Rho GTPases in IGF1R-independent and -dependent actions of IGF-II on EVT cell migration.

Enhanced intrinsic migration of aggressive breast cancer cells by inhibition of Rac1 GTPase.

Rac GTPases are known to play a crucial role in regulating cytoskeletal changes necessary for cell migration. Migration has been shown to be positively regulated by Rac in most cell types. However, there is also a large body of conflicting evidence in some other cell types with respect to the role of Rac in migration, suggesting that Rac GTPases regulate cell migration in a cell type-dependent manner.