Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) is a robust tool for spatially resolved analysis of biomolecules in situ. Recent advances in high ionization-efficiency MALDI matrices, new matrix deposition procedures, and the development of high spatial-resolution and high sensitivity MS instruments continue to drive new applications of MALDI-MSI, along with other MSI techniques, which allow us to visualize and determine the regio-specific and temporal changes in proteins, peptides, lipids, drug molecules, and metabolites within the tissues, cells and microorganisms. These provide researchers with a new route to the discovery of potential biomarkers of human disease and elucidation of the underlying biology of metabolic regulation, thus bringing our understanding of human health to a new level.
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Anal Chim Acta
February 2025
Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Background: Chemical derivatization is a common technique in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics used to improve the ionizability and chromatographic properties of metabolites in complex biological samples. This process facilitates better detection and separation of a wide array of compounds. The reagent 2-(4-boronobenzyl) isoquinolin-2-ium bromide (BBII), developed as a glucose labeling reagent for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS, enhances ionization for glucose and other hydroxyl metabolites.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. Electronic address:
Cancer biomarkers have been facing some issues such as poor accuracy and low sensitivity in the early diagnosis of tumors. Utilizing biotin-labelled peptide as a mass tag (MT), this work proposes a high-throughput biosensing strategy for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometric (MALDI-TOF-MS) immunoassay of multiple lung cancer biomarkers. Due to little required dosage, satisfied stability, high sensitivity and accuracy, this method can achieve off-site centralized signal detection after on-site sample incubation.
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December 2024
College of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
Background: Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (ADR) is used as both a traditional Chinese medicine and a food ingredient in China and East Asian countries. ADR is generally sun-dried post-harvest but is sometimes sulfur-fumigated to prevent decay and rot. Although there are some studies on the effect of sulfur fumigation on ADR, they are not comprehensive.
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January 2025
Vulnerable Brain Lab, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada. Electronic address:
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that accounts for two-thirds of all dementia cases, and age is the strongest risk factor. In addition to the amyloid hypothesis, lipid dysregulation is now recognized as a core component of AD pathology. Gangliosides are a class of membrane lipids of the glycosphingolipid family and are enriched in the central nervous system (CNS).
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January 2025
Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Variation in parenting behavior is widespread across the animal kingdom, both within and between species. There are two ecotypes of the three-spined stickleback fish () that exhibit dramatic differences in their paternal behavior. Males of the common ecotype are highly attentive fathers, tending to young from eggs to fry, while males of the white ecotype desert offspring as eggs.
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