Sequence-specific and Selective Recognition of Double-stranded RNAs over Single-stranded RNAs by Chemically Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids by Toh, Desiree-Faye Kaixin, Patil, Kiran M., Chen, Gang

“…PNAs are purified by reverse-phase HPLC, followed by molecular weight characterization by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF). …”
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Differentially expressed proteins in ER+ MCF7 and ER- MDA- MB-231 human breast cancer cells by RhoGDI-α silencing and overexpression by Hooshmand, Somayeh, Ghaderi, Abbas, Yusoff, Khatijah, Karuppiah, Thilakavathy, Rosli, Rozita, Mojtahedi, Zahra

“…Materials and Methods: ER+ MCF7 and ER- MDA-MB-231 cell lines were subjected to two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and spots of interest were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of- flight/timeof- flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) analysis after downregulation of RhoGDIα using short interfering RNA (siRNA) and upregulated using GFP-tagged ORF clone of RhoGDIα. …”
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Wood pulp industry by-product valorization for acrylate synthesis and bio-based polymer development via Michael addition reaction by Ralfs Pomilovskis, Eliza Kaulina, Inese Mierina, Arnis Abolins, Olga Kockova, Anda Fridrihsone, Mikelis Kirpluks

“…Gel permeation chromatography, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance were used to analyse the chemical structure of synthesized acrylates. …”
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Mass spectrometry imaging of natural carbonyl products directly from agar-based microbial interactions using 4-APEBA derivatization by Dušan Veličković, Kevin J. Zemaitis, Arunima Bhattacharjee, Christopher R. Anderton

“…Using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI), we spatially resolved more than 300 different metabolites containing carbonyl groups within this model system. …”
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Iron-Modified Blood Culture Media Allow for the Rapid Diagnosis and Isolation of the Slow-Growing Pathogen Francisella tularensis by Efi Makdasi, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi, David Gur, Itai Glinert, Shlomo Shmaya, Elad Milrot, Theodor Chitlaru, Emanuelle Mamroud, Orly Laskar, Ofir Schuster

“…Finally, essential downstream identification assays, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), immunofluorescence, or antibiotic susceptibility tests, were not affected in the presence of Fe2+. …”
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Candida isolates causing refractory or recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis in 11 hospitals in China by Yu SY, Zhang L, Chen S, Kong F, Xiao M, Wang H, Hou X, Zhou ML, Zhang G, Zhang JJ, Duan SM, Kang W, Xu YC

“…Shu-Ying Yu,1–3 Li Zhang,1,3 Sharon Chen,4 Fanrong Kong,4 Meng Xiao,1,3 He Wang,1,3 Xin Hou,1–3 Meng-Lan Zhou,1–3 Ge Zhang,1,3 Jing-Jia Zhang,1,3 Si-Meng Duan,1,3 Wei Kang,1,3 Ying-Chun Xu1,31Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of China; 2Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of China; 3Beijing Key Laboratory for Mechanisms Research and Precision Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases (BZ0447), Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR –New South Wales Health Pathology, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, AustraliaIntroduction: We studied the species distribution and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida isolates causing refractory or recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in a multicenter study in China (2013–2016).Methods: Species identification was performed using the Bruker Biotyper (Bruker Daltonics, Germany) matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry system supplemented by internal transcribed spacer sequencing as required. …”
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MMP9 SNP and MMP SNP–SNP interactions increase the risk for ischemic stroke in the Han Hakka population by Daofeng Fan, Chong Zheng, Wenbao Wu, Yinjuan Chen, Dongping Chen, Xiaohong Hu, Chaoxiong Shen, Mingsheng Chen, Rongtong Li, Yangui Chen

“…Methods Among 547 patients with ischemic stroke and 350 controls, matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry was used to examine eight variants arising from four different genes, including MMP‐1 (rs1799750), MMP‐2 (rs243865, rs2285053, rs2241145), MMP‐9 (rs17576), and MMP‐12 (rs660599, rs2276109, and rs652438). …”
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Comparative protein analysis of two maize genotypes with contrasting tolerance to low temperature by Salika Ramazan, Nelofer Jan, Riffat John

“…Results After MALDI-TOF (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight) and bioinformatics analysis, 19 proteins were successfully identified in Gurez local, while as 10 proteins were found to get successful identification in GM6. …”
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Multimodal Lung Cancer Subtyping Using Deep Learning Neural Networks on Whole Slide Tissue Images and MALDI MSI by Charlotte Janßen, Tobias Boskamp, Jean Le’Clerc Arrastia, Daniel Otero Baguer, Lena Hauberg-Lotte, Mark Kriegsmann, Katharina Kriegsmann, Georg Steinbuß, Rita Casadonte, Jörg Kriegsmann, Peter Maaß

“…We propose a two-modality, AI-based classification algorithm to detect and subtype tumor areas, which combines information from matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) data and digital microscopy whole slide images (WSIs) of lung tissue sections. …”
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Characterization of Vegetative <i>Bacillus cereus</i> and <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Strains Isolated from Processed Cheese Products in an Italian Dairy Plant by Angela Maria Catania, Tiziana Civera, Pierluigi Aldo Di Ciccio, Maria Ausilia Grassi, Patrizia Morra, Alessandra Dalmasso

“…In this study, we examined the microbiological population of the first hours’ production of processed cheeses in an Italian dairy plant during two seasons, between June and October 2020. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to identify bacteria colonies, allowing the isolation of <i>Bacillus cereus</i> and <i>Bacillus</i><i>subtilis</i> strains. …”
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A Proteomic Study of Atherosclerotic Plaques in Men with Coronary Atherosclerosis by Ekaterina M. Stakhneva, Irina A. Meshcheryakova, Evgeny A. Demidov, Konstantin V. Starostin, Evgeny V. Sadovski, Sergey E. Peltek, Michael I. Voevoda, Alexander M. Chernyavskii, Alexander M. Volkov, Yuliya I. Ragino

“…The resultant protein spots were identified by the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization method with peptide mass mapping. …”
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What Do We See in Spectra?: Assignment of High-Intensity Peaks of <em>Cutibacterium</em> and <em>Staphylococcus</em> Spectra of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry by Interspecies Comparat... by Itaru Dekio, Yuki Sugiura, Susumu Hamada-Tsutsumi, Yoshiyuki Murakami, Hiroto Tamura, Makoto Suematsu

“…Matrix-assisted laser-desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI–TOF) mass spectrometry is a widely used and reliable technology to identify microbial species and subspecies. …”
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α-Conotoxin as Potential to α7-nAChR Recombinant Expressed in <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Yanli Liu, Yifeng Yin, Yunyang Song, Kang Wang, Fanghui Wu, Hui Jiang

“…Then, rArIB and rArIB (V11L, V16A) were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). …”
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Trends in Occurrence and Phenotypic Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) Found in Human Blood in the Northern Netherlands between 2013 and 2019 by Matthijs S. Berends, Christian F. Luz, Alewijn Ott, Gunnar I. Andriesse, Karsten Becker, Corinna Glasner, Alex W. Friedrich

“…The identification of more than 40 different CoNS species has been driven by the introduction of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. …”
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Sepsis Due to Pandoraea sputorum Infection After Multiple Trauma in a Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patient: A Case Report from Southeast China by Ma Z, Zou X, Lin J, Zhang C, Xiao S

“…Antibiotic susceptibility testing indicated susceptibility to imipenem, tetracyclines, sulfamethoxazole, and ampicillin/sulbactam but resistance to meropenem, quinolones, aminoglycosides, and other beta-lactams. 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) PCR assays and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) were used to confirm the bacteria as P. sputorum. …”
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Prevalence, antibiotic resistance patterns, and biofilm formation ability of Enterobacterales recovered from food of animal origin in Egypt by Shimaa N. Edris, Ahmed Hamad, Dina A. B. Awad, Islam I. Sabeq

“…Following that, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry was used to validate the Enterobacteriaceae's identity. …”
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An optimized culturomics strategy for isolation of human milk microbiota by Fan Wang, Lingmin Yu, Yuting Ren, Qianwen Zhang, Shanshan He, Minlei Zhao, Zhili He, Qi Gao, Jianguo Chen

“…Using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis, we identified a total of 6601 colonies and successfully obtained 865 strains, representing 4 phyla, 21 genera, and 54 species. …”
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Carbapenemase Producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> (KPC): What Is the Best MALDI-TOF MS Detection Method by Lukáš Hleba, Miroslava Hlebová, Anton Kováčik, Juraj Čuboň, Juraj Medo

“…Therefore, the rapid detection of KPC-producing bacteria plays a key role in clinical microbiology. Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of- flight (MALDI-TOF) is a rapidly evolving technology that finds application in various clinical, scientific, and industrial disciplines. …”
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Detection of Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic Residues in Chicken Meat: A Review by Harsh Kumar, Kanchan Bhardwaj, Talwinder Kaur, Eugenie Nepovimova, Kamil Kuča, Vinod Kumar, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Chirag Chopra, Reena Singh, Shivani Guleria, Tek Chand Bhalla, Rachna Verma, Dinesh Kumar

“…Presently, different monitoring, as well as detection techniques like PCR-based, assay (nucleic acid)-based, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA)-based, aptamer-based, biosensor-based, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based and electronic nose-based methods, have been developed for detecting the presence of bacterial contaminants and antibiotic residues. …”
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MALDI-TOF MS Is an Effective Technique To Classify Specific Microbiota by Liangqiang Chen, Wenjing Gao, Xue Tan, Ying Han, Fu Jiao, Bin Feng, Jinghang Xie, Bin Li, Huilin Zhao, Huabin Tu, Shaoning Yu, Li Wang

“…Food and Drug Administration. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used for microbial identification. …”
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