Recent Advances in Imaging Mass Spectrometry
摘要
Biological components can change in a synergistic and antagonistic way in response to biotic and abiotic stresses and during synthesis and metabolomics. Thus, a technique is needed to simultaneously determine the distribution and concentration of several targeted biological components, such as amino acids, nucleotides, and other biomolecules. A relatively new technology, imaging mass spectrometry (IMS), enables the direct mapping and imaging of biomolecules on tissue sections. IMS permits simultaneous detection of multiple analytes on a single section of sample tissue, even in the absence of target-specific markers such as antibodies.