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  1. Article ; Online: Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of 17D-213 yellow fever vaccine in children (YEFE): a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority substudy of a phase 4 trial.

    Juan-Giner, Aitana / Namulwana, Maria L / Kimathi, Derick / Grantz, Kyra H / Fall, Gamou / Dia, Moussa / Bob, Ndeye S / Sall, Amadou Alpha / Nerima, Caroline / Sahani, Mateus Kambale / Mulogo, Edgar M / Ampeire, Immaculate / Hombach, Joachim / Nanjebe, Deborah / Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet / Cummings, Derek A T / Bejon, Philip / Warimwe, George M / Grais, Rebecca F

    The Lancet. Infectious diseases

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 8, Page(s) 965–973

    Abstract: Background: Current supply shortages constrain yellow fever vaccination activities, particularly outbreak response. Although fractional doses of all WHO-prequalified yellow fever vaccines have been shown to be safe and immunogenic in a randomised ... ...

    Abstract Background: Current supply shortages constrain yellow fever vaccination activities, particularly outbreak response. Although fractional doses of all WHO-prequalified yellow fever vaccines have been shown to be safe and immunogenic in a randomised controlled trial in adults, they have not been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial in young children (9-59 months old). We aimed to assess the immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses compared with standard doses of the WHO-prequalified 17D-213 vaccine in young children.
    Methods: This substudy of the YEFE phase 4 study was conducted at the Epicentre Mbarara Research Centre (Mbarara, Uganda). Eligible children were aged 9-59 months without contraindications for vaccination, without history of previous yellow fever vaccination or infection and not requiring yellow fever vaccination for travelling. Participants were randomly assigned, using block randomisation, 1:1 to standard or fractional (one-fifth) dose of yellow fever vaccine. Investigators, participants, and laboratory personnel were blinded to group allocation. Participants were followed for immunogenicity and safety at 10 days, 28 days, and 1 year after vaccination. The primary outcome was non-inferiority in seroconversion (-10 percentage point margin) 28 days after vaccination measured by 50% plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT
    Findings: Between Feb 20, 2019, and Sept 9, 2019, 433 children were assessed, and 420 were randomly assigned to fractional dose (n=210) and to standard dose (n=210) 17D-213 vaccination. 28 days after vaccination, 202 (97%, 95% CI 95-99) of 207 participants in the fractional dose group and 191 (100%, 98-100) of 191 in the standard dose group seroconverted. The absolute difference in seroconversion between the study groups in the per-protocol population was -2 percentage points (95% CI -5 to 1). 154 (73%) of 210 participants in the fractional dose group and 168 (80%) of 210 in the standard dose group reported at least one adverse event 28 days after vaccination. At 10 days follow-up, seroconversion was lower in the fractional dose group than in the standard dose group. The most common adverse events were upper respiratory tract infections (n=221 [53%]), diarrhoea (n=68 [16%]), rhinorrhoea (n=49 [12%]), and conjunctivitis (n=28 [7%]). No difference was observed in incidence of adverse events and serious adverse events between study groups.
    Conclusions: Fractional doses of the 17D-213 vaccine were non-inferior to standard doses in inducing seroconversion 28 days after vaccination in children aged 9-59 months when assessed with PRNT
    Funding: Médecins Sans Frontières Foundation.
    MeSH term(s) Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Infant ; Antibodies, Viral ; COVID-19 ; Double-Blind Method ; Immunogenicity, Vaccine ; Uganda ; Vaccination/methods ; Yellow Fever/prevention & control ; Yellow Fever Vaccine/adverse effects
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; Yellow Fever Vaccine
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Clinical Trial, Phase IV ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2061641-7
    ISSN 1474-4457 ; 1473-3099
    ISSN (online) 1474-4457
    ISSN 1473-3099
    DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00131-7
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  2. Article: The genome of bacteriophage T4: an archeological dig.

    Edgar, Bob

    Genetics

    2001  Volume 168, Issue 2, Page(s) 575–582

    MeSH term(s) Bacteriophage T4/genetics ; Chromosome Mapping/history ; Genome, Bacterial ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century
    Language English
    Publishing date 2001-02-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Historical Article ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2167-2
    ISSN 1943-2631 ; 0016-6731
    ISSN (online) 1943-2631
    ISSN 0016-6731
    DOI 10.1093/genetics/168.2.575
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  3. Article: Culture and manipulation of embryonic cells.

    Edgar, Lois G / Goldstein, Bob

    Methods in cell biology

    2012  Volume 107, Page(s) 151–175

    Abstract: The direct manipulation of embryonic cells is an important tool for addressing key questions in cell and developmental biology. C. elegans is relatively unique among genetic model systems in being amenable to manipulation of embryonic cells. Embryonic ... ...

    Abstract The direct manipulation of embryonic cells is an important tool for addressing key questions in cell and developmental biology. C. elegans is relatively unique among genetic model systems in being amenable to manipulation of embryonic cells. Embryonic cell manipulation has allowed the identification of cell interactions by direct means, and it has been an important technique for dissecting mechanisms by which cell fates are specified, cell divisions are oriented, and morphogenesis is accomplished. Here, we present detailed methods for isolating, manipulating and culturing embryonic cells of C. elegans.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Blastomeres/physiology ; Blastomeres/ultrastructure ; Caenorhabditis elegans/cytology ; Caenorhabditis elegans/embryology ; Cell Culture Techniques ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Separation/methods ; Chitinases/metabolism ; Embryo, Nonmammalian ; Microdissection/methods ; Microscopy, Electron ; Morphogenesis ; Tissue Fixation ; Tritium ; Vitellins
    Chemical Substances Vitellins ; Tritium (10028-17-8) ; Chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-01-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 0091-679X
    ISSN 0091-679X
    DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-394620-1.00005-9
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  4. Article ; Online: Apuntes sobre la relación Estado-Policía

    Edgar Baltazar

    Cuadernos Inter.c.a.mbio sobre Centroamérica y el Caribe, Vol 17, Iss

    2020  Volume 1

    Abstract: ... del Estado desde la propuesta del Enfoque Estratégico-Relacional de Bob Jessop, deudor de los aportes de Gramsci y Poulantzas ...

    Abstract Con el propósito de hacer una revisión teórica sobre la vigencia del Estado como institución política preponderante y en particular sobre su función policial, este ensayo expone los elementos del Estado desde la propuesta del Enfoque Estratégico-Relacional de Bob Jessop, deudor de los aportes de Gramsci y Poulantzas. Dicho enfoque identifica cuatro elementos sustantivos del Estado: población, aparato, territorio e “idea de Estado”. El texto describe la relación entre dichos elementos y su vinculación con la función policial; entendida esta en sentido amplio, como control poblacional y territorial a través del aparato gubernamental y sus bases hegemónicas, no solo como función de fuerza pública uniformada o “baja policía”. Desde esta perspectiva, se concluye que el Estado es una relación social que instituye provisionalmente un orden de dominación soportado por la función policial de controlar cuerpos, ideas y territorios.
    Keywords Seguridad ; control ; territorio ; población ; Bob Jessop ; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ; G ; History America ; E-F
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Book: The VoiceXML handbook

    Edgar, Bob

    understanding and building the phone-enabled web

    2001  

    Author's details Bob Edgar
    Language English
    Size 481 S
    Publisher CMP Books
    Publishing place New York, NY u.a.
    Document type Book
    Accompanying material graph. Darst
    ISBN 1578200849 ; 9781578200849
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  6. Article ; Online: Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of yellow fever vaccines: a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial.

    Juan-Giner, Aitana / Kimathi, Derick / Grantz, Kyra H / Hamaluba, Mainga / Kazooba, Patrick / Njuguna, Patricia / Fall, Gamou / Dia, Moussa / Bob, Ndeye S / Monath, Thomas P / Barrett, Alan D / Hombach, Joachim / Mulogo, Edgar M / Ampeire, Immaculate / Karanja, Henry K / Nyehangane, Dan / Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet / Cummings, Derek A T / Bejon, Philip /
    Warimwe, George M / Grais, Rebecca F

    Lancet (London, England)

    2021  Volume 397, Issue 10269, Page(s) 119–127

    Abstract: Background: Stocks of yellow fever vaccine are insufficient to cover exceptional demands for outbreak response. Fractional dosing has shown efficacy, but evidence is limited to the 17DD substrain vaccine. We assessed the immunogenicity and safety of one- ...

    Abstract Background: Stocks of yellow fever vaccine are insufficient to cover exceptional demands for outbreak response. Fractional dosing has shown efficacy, but evidence is limited to the 17DD substrain vaccine. We assessed the immunogenicity and safety of one-fifth fractional dose compared with standard dose of four WHO-prequalified yellow fever vaccines produced from three substrains.
    Methods: We did this randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial at research centres in Mbarara, Uganda, and Kilifi, Kenya. Eligible participants were aged 18-59 years, had no contraindications for vaccination, were not pregnant or lactating, had no history of yellow fever vaccination or infection, and did not require yellow fever vaccination for travel. Eligible participants were recruited from communities and randomly assigned to one of eight groups, corresponding to the four vaccines at standard or fractional dose. The vaccine was administered subcutaneously by nurses who were not masked to treatment, but participants and other study personnel were masked to vaccine allocation. The primary outcome was proportion of participants with seroconversion 28 days after vaccination. Seroconversion was defined as post-vaccination neutralising antibody titres at least 4 times pre-vaccination measurement measured by 50% plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT
    Findings: Between Nov 6, 2017, and Feb 21, 2018, 1029 participants were assessed for inclusion. 69 people were ineligible, and 960 participants were enrolled and randomly assigned to vaccine manufacturer and dose (120 to Bio-Manguinhos-Fiocruz standard dose, 120 to Bio-Manguinhos-Fiocruz fractional dose, 120 to Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides standard dose, 120 to Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides fractional dose, 120 to Institut Pasteur Dakar standard dose, 120 to Institut Pasteur Dakar fractional dose, 120 to Sanofi Pasteur standard dose, and 120 to Sanofi Pasteur fractional dose). 49 participants had detectable PRNT
    Interpretation: Fractional doses of all WHO-prequalified yellow fever vaccines were non-inferior to the standard dose in inducing seroconversion 28 days after vaccination, with no major safety concerns. These results support the use of fractional dosage in the general adult population for outbreak response in situations of vaccine shortage.
    Funding: The study was funded by Médecins Sans Frontières Foundation, Wellcome Trust (grant no. 092654), and the UK Department for International Development. Vaccines were donated in kind.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/isolation & purification ; Double-Blind Method ; Female ; Humans ; Kenya ; Male ; Off-Label Use ; Seroconversion ; Uganda ; Yellow Fever/prevention & control ; Yellow Fever Vaccine/administration & dosage ; Yellow Fever Vaccine/adverse effects ; Yellow Fever Vaccine/immunology
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Yellow Fever Vaccine
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Equivalence Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3306-6
    ISSN 1474-547X ; 0023-7507 ; 0140-6736
    ISSN (online) 1474-547X
    ISSN 0023-7507 ; 0140-6736
    DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32520-4
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  7. Article ; Online: Target identification of small molecules using large-scale CRISPR-Cas mutagenesis scanning of essential genes

    Jasper Edgar Neggers / Bert Kwanten / Tim Dierckx / Hiroki Noguchi / Arnout Voet / Lotte Bral / Kristien Minner / Bob Massant / Nicolas Kint / Michel Delforge / Thomas Vercruysse / Erkan Baloglu / William Senapedis / Maarten Jacquemyn / Dirk Daelemans

    Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2018  Volume 14

    Abstract: Cancer therapy drugs are designed to target genetic vulnerabilities, but loss-of-function screens often fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism studies. Here the authors demonstrate CRISPRres, which exploits in-frame variation generated by ... ...

    Abstract Cancer therapy drugs are designed to target genetic vulnerabilities, but loss-of-function screens often fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism studies. Here the authors demonstrate CRISPRres, which exploits in-frame variation generated by indel formation to discover gene-drug interactions.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Target identification of small molecules using large-scale CRISPR-Cas mutagenesis scanning of essential genes

    Jasper Edgar Neggers / Bert Kwanten / Tim Dierckx / Hiroki Noguchi / Arnout Voet / Lotte Bral / Kristien Minner / Bob Massant / Nicolas Kint / Michel Delforge / Thomas Vercruysse / Erkan Baloglu / William Senapedis / Maarten Jacquemyn / Dirk Daelemans

    Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2018  Volume 14

    Abstract: Cancer therapy drugs are designed to target genetic vulnerabilities, but loss-of-function screens often fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism studies. Here the authors demonstrate CRISPRres, which exploits in-frame variation generated by ... ...

    Abstract Cancer therapy drugs are designed to target genetic vulnerabilities, but loss-of-function screens often fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism studies. Here the authors demonstrate CRISPRres, which exploits in-frame variation generated by indel formation to discover gene-drug interactions.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article ; Online: Target identification of small molecules using large-scale CRISPR-Cas mutagenesis scanning of essential genes.

    Neggers, Jasper Edgar / Kwanten, Bert / Dierckx, Tim / Noguchi, Hiroki / Voet, Arnout / Bral, Lotte / Minner, Kristien / Massant, Bob / Kint, Nicolas / Delforge, Michel / Vercruysse, Thomas / Baloglu, Erkan / Senapedis, William / Jacquemyn, Maarten / Daelemans, Dirk

    Nature communications

    2018  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 502

    Abstract: Unraveling the mechanism of action and molecular target of small molecules remains a major challenge in drug discovery. While many cancer drugs target genetic vulnerabilities, loss-of-function screens fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism of ...

    Abstract Unraveling the mechanism of action and molecular target of small molecules remains a major challenge in drug discovery. While many cancer drugs target genetic vulnerabilities, loss-of-function screens fail to identify essential genes in drug mechanism of action. Here, we report CRISPRres, a CRISPR-Cas-based genetic screening approach to rapidly derive and identify drug resistance mutations in essential genes. It exploits the local genetic variation created by CRISPR-Cas-induced non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair to generate a wide variety of functional in-frame mutations. Using large sgRNA tiling libraries and known drug-target pairs, we validate it as a target identification approach. We apply CRISPRres to the anticancer agent KPT-9274 and identify nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) as its main target. These results present a powerful and simple genetic approach to create many protein variants that, in combination with positive selection, can be applied to reveal the cellular target of small-molecule inhibitors.
    MeSH term(s) Acrylamides/pharmacology ; Aminopyridines/pharmacology ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; CRISPR-Cas Systems ; Cell Line ; Cell Survival/drug effects ; Cell Survival/genetics ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Genes, Essential/genetics ; HCT116 Cells ; HL-60 Cells ; Humans ; K562 Cells ; Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed/methods ; Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors ; Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase/genetics ; Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Acrylamides ; Aminopyridines ; Antineoplastic Agents ; KPT-9274 ; Small Molecule Libraries ; Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.12)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-02349-8
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  10. Article ; Online: Ecological mechanisms explaining interactions within plant-hummingbird networks: morphological matching increases towards lower latitudes.

    Sonne, Jesper / Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson / Maruyama, Pietro K / Araujo, Andréa C / Chávez-González, Edgar / Coelho, Aline G / Cotton, Peter A / Marín-Gómez, Oscar H / Lara, Carlos / Lasprilla, Liliana R / Machado, Caio G / Maglianesi, Maria A / Malucelli, Tiago S / González, Ana M Martín / Oliveira, Genilda M / Oliveira, Paulo E / Ortiz-Pulido, Raul / Rocca, Márcia A / Rodrigues, Licléia C /
    Sazima, Ivan / Simmons, Benno I / Tinoco, Boris / Varassin, Isabela G / Vasconcelos, Marcelo F / O'Hara, Bob / Schleuning, Matthias / Rahbek, Carsten / Sazima, Marlies / Dalsgaard, Bo

    Proceedings. Biological sciences

    2020  Volume 287, Issue 1922, Page(s) 20192873

    Abstract: Interactions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as morphological matching, phenological overlap and species abundances. How these mechanisms explain interaction frequencies across environmental gradients remains ... ...

    Abstract Interactions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as morphological matching, phenological overlap and species abundances. How these mechanisms explain interaction frequencies across environmental gradients remains poorly understood. Consequently, we also know little about the mechanisms that drive the geographical patterns in network structure, such as complementary specialization and modularity. Here, we use data on morphologies, phenologies and abundances to explain interaction frequencies between hummingbirds and plants at a large geographical scale. For 24 quantitative networks sampled throughout the Americas, we found that the tendency of species to interact with morphologically matching partners contributed to specialized and modular network structures. Morphological matching best explained interaction frequencies in networks found closer to the equator and in areas with low-temperature seasonality. When comparing the three ecological mechanisms within networks, we found that both morphological matching and phenological overlap generally outperformed abundances in the explanation of interaction frequencies. Together, these findings provide insights into the ecological mechanisms that underlie geographical patterns in resource specialization. Notably, our results highlight morphological constraints on interactions as a potential explanation for increasing resource specialization towards lower latitudes.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biodiversity ; Birds ; Ecosystem ; Geography ; Plants ; Pollination
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209242-6
    ISSN 1471-2954 ; 0080-4649 ; 0962-8452 ; 0950-1193
    ISSN (online) 1471-2954
    ISSN 0080-4649 ; 0962-8452 ; 0950-1193
    DOI 10.1098/rspb.2019.2873
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