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    Portal annular pancreas: the pancreatic duct ring sign on MRCP

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    Portal annular pancreas is a rare pancreatic variant in which the uncinate process of the pancreas extends and fuses to the dorsal surface of the body of the pancreas by surrounding the portal vein. It is asymptomatic, but it can be mistaken for a pancreatic head mass on imaging and could also have serious consequences during pancreatic surgery, if unrecognized. We report this case of a 53-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have portal annular pancreas on the basis of an unusual course (ring appearance) of the main pancreatic duct on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, not described earlier in the radiology literature

    Regulation of BRCA1 messenger RNA stability in human epithelial cell lines and during cell cycle progression

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    The mechanisms regulating expression of breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) are not fully characterised. fly studying regulation of endogenous BRCA1 in human epithelial cell lines and during cell cycle progression, we provide evidence to suggest BRCA1 is regulated post-transcriptionally at the level of messenger RNA stability. We also show that RNA-binding proteins associate with an AU-rich, cis-active sequence of the BRCA1 Yuntranslated region in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Our data identify a new post-transcriptional regulatory axis and a novel mechanism for modulating the levels of BRCA1 protein, with possible implications for understanding the mechanisms underlying BRCA1 repression in breast cancer. (c) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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