scholarly journals Proteomic profiling of amniotic fluid in preterm labor using two-dimensional liquid separation and mass spectrometry

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 697-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Bujold ◽  
Roberto Romero ◽  
Juan Pedro Kusanovic ◽  
Offer Erez ◽  
Francesca Gotsch ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genciana Terova ◽  
Salvatore Pisanu ◽  
Tonina Roggio ◽  
Elena Preziosa ◽  
Marco Saroglia ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Dhingra ◽  
Q. Li ◽  
A. B. Allison ◽  
D. E. Stallknecht ◽  
Z. F. Fu

West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is a human, equine, and avian pathogen. High-resolution two-dimensional differential-gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) was used to characterize protein expression in primary rat neurons and to examine the proteomic profiling to understand the pathogenesis of West-Nile-associated meningoencephalitis. Three pH ranges, 3–10, 4–7, and 5–6, were used to analyze the protein spots. The proteins are labeled with fluorescent dyes Cy3 and Cy5 before being separated on the basis of charge and size respectively on a two-dimensional platform. About 55 proteins showed altered expression levels. These were then subsequently digested and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis using peptide mass fingerprinting and database searching. These cellular proteins could represent distinct roles during infection related to apoptosis. Our findings show that two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry is a powerful approach that permits the identification of proteins whose expression was altered due to West Nile virus infection.


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