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Coderre-Ball AM, Dalgarno N, Baumhour J, Zubani V, Ko I, van Wylick R, Fitzpatrick M. An innovation procurement clinical framework: A qualitative study. Healthc Manage Forum 2020; 34:15-20. [PMID: 32799689 DOI: 10.1177/0840470420936718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Innovation Procurement Strategies (IPS) strive for purchasing healthcare solutions that do not yet exist on the market and are increasingly being advocated to improve health outcomes while managing escalating healthcare costs. Due to the newness of IPS, there are limited resources available to healthcare organizations and professionals looking to engage in IPS. The purpose of this study was to develop an evidence-based clinical framework to guide healthcare organizations and professionals. Adopting a qualitative grounded theory approach, we interviewed participants with experience in innovation procurement to understand the skills, resources, and supports needed to initiate and oversee an IPS project. Using thematic design and open coding, three overarching themes emerged from the data and formed the basis of our IPS clinical framework. By describing the components, skills, and supports and resources necessary for engaging in IPS, our framework addresses the knowledge gap in healthcare organizations and professionals wishing to implement IPS.
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- 113183Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.,71459Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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BACKGROUND Preoperative assessment of the biologic characteristics of primary breast carcinoma is important because neoadjuvant medical therapy is being used increasingly. In the current study, the authors attempted to evaluate the validity of cyclin D1 assay in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) samples from patients with primary breast carcinoma. METHODS FNA samples were obtained prior to therapy and multiple slides were stored at -80 degrees C for subsequent immunocytochemical analysis (ICA). ICA for cyclin D1 protein was performed on FNA samples from 51 breast carcinoma patients and 20 samples from patients with benign breast disease. In 45 breast carcinoma patients who had undergone surgery, sections were taken from paraffin blocks and stained by ICA for cyclin D1 validation. Possible correlations between cyclin D1 expression in the FNA samples and the biologic data of the patients also were analyzed. RESULTS Cyclin D1 expression was detected in 37 FNA samples from 51 breast carcinomas (72.5%) whereas expression of cyclin D1 was detected in 8 FNA samples from 20 patients with benign breast disease (40%). In histologic sections after surgery, 26 cases of breast carcinoma (65%) showed a positive reaction to cyclin D1. Concordance for the presence of cyclin D1 between FNA samples and histologic samples was 75%. Cyclin D1 expression was high in patients with the tumors that expressed estrogen receptor (ER) (30 of 34 vs. 5 of 11; P = 0.028) and progesterone receptor (PR) (33 of 38 vs. 2 of 7; P = 0.007). There was no significant relation found between cyclin D1 expression and tumor size or lymph node metastasis. Cyclin D1 expression within invasive ductal carcinoma was observed in > 80% of low or intermediate nuclear grade tumors but its expression decreased to 61.5% (8 of 13 cases) in tumors with high nuclear grade (P = 0.023). All 14 breast carcinomas in which the S-phase fraction was </= 15% showed a high degree of cyclin D1 expression whereas 4 of 6 tumors (66.7%) in which the S-phase fraction was > 15% showed cyclin D1 expression. Cyclin D1 expression was found to be correlated inversely with proliferative activity in breast carcinoma (P = 0.023). CONCLUSIONS The results of the current study show that cyclin D1 expression can be measured by ICA in FNA samples with reasonable concordance with the results of histologic section. Cyclin D1 expression was found to be associated with ER/PR status and cell differentiation. The results of the current study indicate that the measurement of novel molecular markers could be performed adequately in FNA samples as well as in histologic sections.
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- K Park
- Department of Pathology, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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Kirimura K, Yoda M, Ko I, Oshida Y, Miyake K, Usami S. Cloning and sequencing of the chromosomal DNA and cDNA encoding the mitochondrial citrate synthase of Aspergillus niger WU-2223L. J Biosci Bioeng 1999; 88:237-43. [PMID: 16232605 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(00)80003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/1999] [Accepted: 05/31/1999] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The complementary DNA (cDNA) and chromosomal DNA encoding the citrate synthase (EC 4.1.3.7) gene (cit1) of Aspergillus niger WU-2223L, a citric acid-producing strain, were cloned. Synthetic oligonucleotide primers were designed according to the amino acid sequences of already known eukaryotic citrate synthases and the codon bias of A. niger genes. The 920-bp DNA fragment was amplified by polymerase chain reaction with these primers using chromosomal DNA of WU-2223L as a template, and was employed to screen a cDNA library of A. niger. One full-length cDNA clone was isolated and sequenced, within which an ORF of 1425 by encoding a protein of 475 as with a molecular weight of 52,153 Da was found. Its N-terminal region contains a typical mitochondrial-targeting motif. The predicted as sequence was 82, 68, and 65% homologous with the mitochondrial citrate synthases of Neurospora crassa, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and pig, respectively, but it showed lower homology to bacterial citrate synthases. The full-length cDNA clone was used to screen a chromosomal library of A. niger WU-2223L, and a 7.5 kb-SalI fragment containing the corresponding chromosomal gene was isolated. Comparison of the chromosomal and cDNA sequences revealed that the cit1 gene is interrupted by six introns. In the chromosomal DNA, upstream of the coding region, a CT-rich region, but not the TATAAA or CAAT motifs, was found. Escherichia coli MOB150, a citrate synthase-deficient mutant showing a glutamate-requiring phenotype, was transformed with the plasmid pKAC-35S, which is the expression vector pKK223-3 containing the cDNA fragment encoding a putative mature protein of A. niger citrate synthase. The transformant harboring pKAC-35S showed citrate synthase activity and a glutamate-nonrequiring phenotype.
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- K Kirimura
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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A new series of labdane-related diterpenes have been synthesized from (-)-sclareol and assayed in vitro cytotoxicity against mouse and human cancer cells. A key intermediate, homodrimane and furanolabdane derivatives show good in vitro cytotoxicity comparable to those of mitomycin C and adriamycin.
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- M Jung
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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The first synthesis of natural (+)-coronarin E (1) and (-)-7-epi-coronarin A (8) was achieved from (-)-sclareol in four and five steps, respectively.
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- M Jung
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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In order to understand the mechanism of acute renal failure frequently observed in severe acute pancreatitis, renal microcirculation and renal hemodynamics were investigated during experimental acute pancreatitis in dogs induced by autologous bile and trypsin mixture into the pancreatic duct. Renal tissue blood flow (hydrogen gas clearance method), renal arterial blood flow, and cardiac output (transonic blood flow meter) were each measured for 5 h after induction of pancreatitis. The effect on renal hemodynamics of a new synthesized protease inhibitor--E-3123; 4-(2-succinimidoethylthio)phenyl-4-quanidinobenzoate methane sulfonate--intravenously infused at the rate of 3 mg/kg/h was also investigated. The mean blood pressure and pulse pressure decreased after induction of pancreatitis. Renal microcirculation and renal artery blood flow decreased during the experiment. However, in dogs with treated by E-3123, renal microcirculation was preserved during the first hour of the experiment and decreased gradually afterward, but it was significantly higher than that of the dogs without E-3123 during 3-5 h. The mean blood pressure and pulse pressure were preserved nearly at preoperative levels during the experimental period. We concluded that renal microcirculation decreased concomitantly with a deterioration of acute pancreatitis, and that the new pancreatic protease inhibitor E-3123 may have some beneficial effect to improve renal hemodynamics in the early period of acute pancreatitis.
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- H Nishiwaki
- First Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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A keratinolytic proteinase with enzyme activity at acidic pH was isolated from culture filtrates of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, a major pathogenic fungus of dermatophytosis. The molecular weight of the proteinase was estimated to be 41,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 38,000 by gel filtration. The isoelectric point was determined to be 3.9. The proteinase had a pH optimum of 4.5 for keratin and 5.5 for hemoglobin. This enzyme hydrolyzed the synthetic chymotrypsin substrate Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-MCA (Km, 0.59 mM), and its activity was strongly inhibited by chymostatin. Previously reported proteinases from dermatophytes have had enzyme activities in neutral or alkaline pH; however, healthy skin has a weakly acidic pH. Thus, the purified proteinase which has an optimal activity at acidic pH and hydrolyzes skin constituents could be an important virulence factor in dermatophytosis.
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- R Tsuboi
- Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nishiwaki H, Satake K, Ko I, Umeyama K. [Pancreatic microcirculation in acute pancreatitis of dogs]. Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1988; 89:238-44. [PMID: 3362129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pancreatic microcirculation in acute pancreatitis and the effect of dopamine and pancreatic protease inhibitor were investigated in 35 mongrel dogs. Acute pancreatitis was induced by the injection of autologous bile added trypsin into pancreatic duct. In acute pancreatitis dogs femoral artery pressure and pulse pressure gradually decreased and pancreatic microflow in basal state temporarily increased immediately after bile injection, however, thereafter continuously decreased during the experiments. Portal flow severely decreased just after onset of acute pancreatitis. By administration of dopamine femoral artery pressure was maintained during the first 90 minutes of experiments, however, thereafter decreased until the end of experiments. Pancreatic microflow, 56.1 +/- 15.3 ml/min/100g in basal level was shown 66.1 +/- 13.7 and 60.3 +/- 10.3 ml/min/100g at 1 and 2 hours, respectively, after bile injection, which were significantly high values as compared with those of non dopamine administration. However those values decreased at 5 hours of both experiments. Portal flow whose basal level was 237 +/- 67 ml/min was maintained during the first 1 hour however it decreased to 139 +/- 25 ml/min at 5 hours. By administration of pancreatic protease inhibitor femoral artery pressure and pulse pressure, temporarily decreased immediately after bile injection, however, they were maintained thereafter. Pancreatic microflow, 57.1 +/- 18.3 ml/min/100g in basal level, was maintained during the first 2 hours, however significantly decreased to 27.6 +/- 9.7 ml/min/100g at 5 hours. Portal flow significantly increased to 442 +/- 115 ml/min at 2 hours, however, thereafter decreased 219 +/- 93 ml/min at 5 hours.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Nishiwaki
- First Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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Matsuda K, Sato T, Tsuboi R, Ko I, Yaguchi H, Ogawa H. [Influence of media and proteinase (CAPP) on the growth of Candida albicans: mechanism of changes in pH in media]. Nihon Hifuka Gakkai Zasshi 1988; 98:57-60. [PMID: 3043062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Nishiwaki H, Ko I, Sowa M, Umeyama K. [Endoscopic measurement of gastric mucosal blood flow by hydrogen gas generated by electrolysis--comparison with H2-inhalation method]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 1984; 81:2925-9. [PMID: 6530800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Shim K, Ko I, Kim E, Satake K, Umeyama K. [Electron microscopic observation on the pancreas after the experimental ligation of the common bile duct in rats]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 1984; 81:92-100. [PMID: 6379226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cho N, Sunada H, Kunii K, Ito T, Ko I. [Clinical evaluation of penimepicycline in gynecology and obstetrics]. Jpn J Antibiot 1969; 22:79-86. [PMID: 4977346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sumida Y, Ko I, Shibano R, Kashiwada K, Tashiro M. [Present and future of the frozen blood]. Shujutsu 1967; 21:816-30. [PMID: 5583036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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