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Han Z, Hishida S, Chen LC. Formation of Alternating Surfactant-Enriched and Surfactant-Depleted Phases in the Taylor Cone of a Nanoelectrospray. Anal Chem 2024; 96:7297-7303. [PMID: 38682329 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The electrospray ionization of highly conductive solutions containing Triton X-100, a nonionic surfactant, is found to induce alternating periods of surfactant enrichment and depletion when the concentration of the surfactant is near the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and when the flow rate is on the order of 10 nL/min. Analyzing the surfactant-protein mixture shows that the protein is partially denatured during the surfactant enrichment. The measurement of the phospholipid and oligosaccharide mixture prepared in the surfactant solution shows that the ion signal of the lipid is in phase with, and the hydrophilic oligosaccharide is out of phase with the surfactant signal. The results suggest that this novel phenomenon can be exploited for in situ separation of compounds in ESI-MS. Besides the ion signal, the condition of the alternating phase is also reflected in the spray current and Taylor cone's apex angle. The phase separation is likely related to the formation of a micelle in the Taylor cone and can be selectively triggered by tuning the flow rate with emitter voltage for an on-demand application.
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- Zhongbao Han
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Futami M, Naito H, Ninomiya S, Chen LC, Iwano T, Yoshimura K, Ukita Y. Automated sample preparation for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry based on CLOCK-controlled autonomous centrifugal microfluidics. Biomed Microdevices 2024; 26:22. [PMID: 38592604 PMCID: PMC11003918 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-024-00703-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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We report a centrifugal microfluidic device that automatically performs sample preparation under steady-state rotation for clinical applications using mass spectrometry. The autonomous microfluidic device was designed for the control of liquid operation on centrifugal hydrokinetics (CLOCK) paradigm. The reported device was highly stable, with less than 7% variation with respect to the time of each unit operation (sample extraction, mixing, and supernatant extraction) in the preparation process. An agitation mechanism with bubbling was used to mix the sample and organic solvent in this device. We confirmed that the device effectively removed the protein aggregates from the sample, and the performance was comparable to those of conventional manual sample preparation procedures that use high-speed centrifugation. In addition, probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PESI-MS) was performed to compare the device-treated and manually treated samples. The obtained PESI-MS spectra were analyzed by partial least squares discriminant analysis, and the preparation capability of the device was found to be equivalent to that of the conventional method.
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- Masahiro Futami
- Department of Engineering, Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering, and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan
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- Department of Engineering, Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering, and Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan
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- Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan
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- Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, 409-3898, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, 409-3898, Japan
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- Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan.
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Han Z, Omata N, Chen LC. Probing Acid-Induced Compaction of Denatured Proteins by High-Pressure Electrospray Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2023; 95:14816-14821. [PMID: 37733605 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Further increase in the acidity in the most denaturing acidic solution is known to induce compaction of the fully unfolded protein into a compact molten globule. The phenomenon of "acid-induced folding of proteins" takes place at pH ∼1 in strong acid aqueous solutions with high electrical conductivity and surface tension, a condition that is difficult to handle using conventional electrospray ionization methods for mass spectrometry. Here, high-pressure electrospray ionization (HP-ESI) is used to produce well-resolved mass spectra for proteins in strong acids with pH as low as 1. The compaction of protein conformation is indicated by a large shift in the charge state from high charges to native-like low charges. The addition of salt to the protein in the most denaturing condition also reproduces the compaction effect, thereby supporting the role of anions in this phenomenon. Similar compaction of proteins is also observed in organic solvent/acid mixtures. The charge state of the compacted protein depends on the type of anions that formed ion pairs with a positive charge on the protein. The dissociation of ion pairs during the ionization process forms neutral acids that can be observed by HP-ESI using a soft ion introduction configuration.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi400-8511, Japan
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Han Z, Hishida S, Omata N, Matsuda T, Komori R, Chen LC. Feedback Control of Electrospray with and without an External Liquid Pump Using the Spray Current and the Apex Angle of a Taylor Cone for ESI-MS. Anal Chem 2023. [PMID: 37418336 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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An electrospray operated in the steady cone-jet mode is highly stable but the operating state can shift to pulsation or multijet modes owing to changes in flow rate, surface tension, and electrostatic variables. Here, a simple feedback control system was developed using the spray current and the apex angle of a Taylor cone to determine the error signal for correcting the emitter voltage. The system was applied to lock the cone-jet mode operation against external perturbations. For a pump-driven electrospray at a regulated flow rate, the apex angle of the Taylor cone decreased with increasing voltage. In contrast, for a voltage-driven electrospray with low flow resistance, the angle was found to increase with the emitter voltage. A simple algorithm based on iterative learning control was formulated and implemented using a personal computer to automatically correct the emitter voltage in response to the error signal. For voltage-driven electrospray ionization (ESI), the feedback control of the spray current can also be used to regulate the flow rate to an arbitrary value or pattern. Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) with feedback control was demonstrated to produce ion signal acquisition with long-term stability that was insusceptible to the emulated external disturbances.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Li L, Zhou ZH, Ju W, Deng W, Chen LC, Li CS, Xia YH, Ju JH. [Clinical effects of free anterolateral thigh perforator flap pedicled with descending genicular artery in repairing wounds after lower leg limb-sparing surgery]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2023; 39:450-455. [PMID: 37805754 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20220725-00308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Objective: To explore the clinical effects of free anterolateral thigh perforator flap pedicled with descending genicular artery in repairing wounds after lower leg limb-sparing surgery. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted. From January 2019 to June 2021, 12 patients with wounds after lower leg limb-sparing surgery who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, including 6 males and 6 females, aged 17 to 74 years, with original wound area ranging from 17 cm×9 cm to 40 cm×15 cm. Five patients had infection in wounds. The wounds were all repaired by free anterolateral thigh perforator flap from contralateral thigh, with area of 18 cm×10 cm to 37 cm×9 cm. The artery of flap was anastomosed with the descending genicular artery, and the wounds in donor areas were sutured directly. Seven patients were transplanted with split-thickness skin grafts from the contralateral thigh to cover the remaining wounds that can not be covered by flap and the wounds in donor areas were covered with gauze. During the operation, the types of perforating branch carried by flap and the types of arteries and veins in recipient areas were recorded. The survival and occurrence of vascular crisis of flap, the survival of skin graft, the wound healing in donor and recipient areas, and the length of hospital stay after flap transplant surgery were recorded. During follow-up, the color and texture of flap, reinfection in lower leg, and fracture healing were recorded. At the last follow-up, the limb salvage function of patients was evaluated according to the functional evaluation criteria of Chen Zhongwei's amputated limb replantation. Results: The types of perforating branches carried by flaps were as follows: 6 cases of only carrying the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery, 3 cases of only carrying the oblique branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery, and 3 cases of carrying the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and oblique branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery after internal pressurization anastomosis. The types of arteries in the recipient area of flap were as follows: one case of main trunk of the descending genicular artery, 8 cases of the saphenous branch of the descending genicular artery, and 3 cases of the articular branch of the descending genicular artery. The types of veins in the recipient area of flap were as follows: 8 cases of one accompanying vein of the descending genicular artery and one branch of the great saphenous vein, and 4 cases of two branches of the great saphenous vein. All the flaps survived without vascular crisis, and all the skin grafts also survived. The wounds in the donor and recipient areas were all healed. The length of hospital stay of patient after flap transplant surgery ranged from 13 to 79 days. During the follow-up of 6 to 23 months, the color and texture of flap were both good, with no infection in lower leg wound. Internal or external fixation were removed after fracture healing in 5 patients, and bone graft internal fixation was performed in 7 patients whose fractures were not healed after surgery and all the incisions healed without infection. At the last follow-up, the limb salvage effect of patients was evaluated as followings: excellent in 7 patients, good in 4 patients, and fair in one patient. Conclusions: Free anterolateral thigh flap pedicled with descending genicular artery can effectively repair the wounds after lower leg limb-sparing surgery and control infection with short length of hospital stay, while not increasing the risk of secondary injury of distal limb vessels. Thus, it can obtain satisfactory limb salvage effect which is worthy of clinical promotion.
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- L Li
- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Trauma, Suzhou Ruihua Orthopedic Hospital, Suzhou 215104, China
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Han Z, Omata N, Matsuda T, Hishida S, Takiguchi S, Komori R, Suzuki R, Chen LC. Tuning oxidative modification by a strong electric field using nanoESI of highly conductive solutions near the minimum flow rate. Chem Sci 2023; 14:4506-4515. [PMID: 37152264 PMCID: PMC10155921 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc07113d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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Oxidative modification is usually used in mass spectrometry (MS) for labeling and structural analysis. Here we report a highly tunable oxidation that can be performed in line with the nanoESI-MS analysis at the same ESI emitter without the use of oxidative reagents such as ozone and H2O2, and UV activation. The method is based on the high-pressure nanoESI of a highly conductive (conductivity >3.8 S m-1) aqueous solution near the minimum flow rate. The ion source is operated under super-atmospheric pressure (0.5 MPa gauge pressure) to avoid the contribution of electric discharge. The analyte at the tip of the Taylor cone or in the emitter droplet can be locally oxidized in an on-demand manner by varying the nanoflow rate. With an offline nanoESI, the degree of oxidation, i.e., the average number of incorporated oxygen atoms, can be finely tuned by voltage modulation using spray current as the feedback signal. Oxidations of easily oxidized residues present in peptides/proteins and the double bonds of the unsaturated phosphatidylcholine occur at low flow rate operation (<5 nL min-1) when the electric field at the tip of the Taylor cone and the initially produced charged droplet reaches approximately 1.3 V nm-1. The oxidized ion signal responds instantaneously to changes in flow rate, indicating that the oxidation is highly localized. Using isotope labeling, it was found that the incorporated oxygen primarily originates from the gas phase, suggesting a direct oxidation pathway for the analyte enriched on the liquid surface via the reactive oxygen atoms formed by the strong electric field.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi 4-3-11, Takeda Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan +81-55-220-8072
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Han Z, Komori R, Suzuki R, Omata N, Matsuda T, Hishida S, Shuuhei T, Chen LC. Bipolar Electrospray from Electrodeless Emitters for ESI without Electrochemical Reactions in the Sprayer. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2023; 34:728-736. [PMID: 36815710 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A bipolar ESI source is developed to generate a simultaneous emission of charged liquid jets of opposite polarity from an electrodeless sprayer. The sprayer consists of two emitters, and the electrosprays are initiated by applying a high potential difference (HV) across the counter electrodes facing each emitter. The sprayer and the liquid delivery system are made of all insulators without metal components, thus enabling the total elimination of electrochemical reactions taking place at the liquid-electrode interface in the typical electrosprayer. The bipolar electrospray has been implemented using an online configuration that uses a syringe pump for flow rate regulation and an offline configuration that relies on HV for adjusting the flow rate. The voltage-current and flow rate-current relationships of bipolar electrospray were found to be similar to the standard electrospray. The application of bipolar ESI to the mass spectrometry of protein, peptide, and metallocene without electrochemically induced oxidation/reduction is demonstrated.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Chen LC. [Study on mesentary margin in supply vessel-oriented radical resection of colorectal cancer]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 25:1029-1032. [PMID: 36396380 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441530-20220121-00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The concept of radical surgery has experienced from vascular anatomy guidance, lymph node dissection guidance to en-bloc resection guidance. At present, the mesentery guided surgery has developed to a new level of understanding. There are many classical theories on the understanding of the mesentery, from "the mesentery is a wrapped composite structure" to "the mesentery is an organ" and then to "the generalized mesentery theory", but they do not clearly put forward the boundary mark of the mesentery. On the basis of various membrane anatomy theories at home and abroad, we summarized and defined three boundaries of mesenteric excision in radical resection of colorectal cancer. The lateral boundary of the mesentery is the intestinal resection boundary and its mesentery oriented by supplyvessel, the bottom boundary is the mesentery bed, and the central boundary is the degree of lymph node radical resection. Through the detailed description of the mesentery excision, it is helpful to accurately define the mesenteric margin in different stages of radical resection of tumors.
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- L C Chen
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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Han Z, Chen LC. A Subtle Change in Nanoflow Rate Alters the Ionization Response As Revealed by Scanning Voltage ESI-MS. Anal Chem 2022; 94:16015-16022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Xi JY, Chen YY, Lin X, Dong H, Liang BH, Zhang YQ, Chen LC, Luo A, Qin PZ, Hao Y. [Health-adjusted life expectancy in residents in Guangzhou, 2010-2019]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:1415-1422. [PMID: 36117348 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220207-00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) in Guangzhou from 2010 to 2019, and quantize the comprehensive impact of different causes and sequelae on health. Methods: The LE, HALE, and cause-excluded health adjusted life expectancy (CEHALE) were estimated using cause-of-death surveillance datasets from Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2010 to 2019 and open data from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Joinpoint log-linear regression model was used to analyze the temporal trend and described spatial distribution. Results: In 2019, the LE in residents in Guangzhou was 82.9 years (80.1 years in men and 85.9 years in women), and the HALE was 75.6 years (74.0 years in men and 77.3 years in women). Compared with the urban fringe, the central urban area had higher LE and HALE, and the differences between LE and HALE were small. The LE and HALE in Guangzhou showed an increasing trend from 2010 to 2019. The LE increased by 2.8 years (AAPC=0.4, 95%CI: 0.3-0.4), with the increase of 2.8 years in men and 2.9 years in women. The HALE increased by 2.4 years (AAPC=0.3, 95%CI: 0.3-0.4), with the increase of 2.5 years in men and 2.2 years in women. The median healthy life lost due to communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases was 6.2 years (AAPC=-4.2, 95%CI: -5.3--3.1), while the median healthy life lost due to non-communicable diseases was 14.7 years (AAPC=1.6, 95%CI: 0.9-2.3), the median healthy life expectancy reduced by injury was 6.3 years (AAPC=-3.5, 95%CI: -4.5--2.6). Musculoskeletal disorders, skin and subcutaneous diseases, cardiovascular diseases, nutritional deficiencies, diabetes and kidney diseases were the top five diseases causing healthy life expectancy loss. Conclusion: The LE and HALE in residents in Guangzhou increased steadily from 2010 to 2019, but the quality of life in the urban fringe was lower than that of the central urban area. Non-communicable diseases were the leading causes of healthy life expectancy loss. Health policies and prevention measures should be developed according to area specific characteristics, and social medical resources should be rationally allocated to key diseases to reduce their disease burden.
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- J Y Xi
- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- Department of Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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- Department of Chronic Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response, Beijing 100191, China Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China Center for Health Information Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Han Z, Chen LC. Generation of Ions from Aqueous Taylor Cones near the Minimum Flow Rate: "True Nanoelectrospray" without Narrow Capillary. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2022; 33:491-498. [PMID: 35156376 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Generating ultrafine charged droplets using electrospray is crucial for attaining high ionization efficiency for mass spectrometry. The size of the precursor charged droplets depends on the spray flow rate, and conventional wisdom holds that an electrospray of a nL/min flow rate (nanoelectrospray) is only possible using narrow capillaries with an inner diameter of ∼1 μm or smaller. Here, the electrospray of aqueous solutions with high electric conductivities generated from a large off-line capillary of 0.4 mm i.d. has been performed using a high-pressure ion source. The electric discharge is avoided by operating the ion source at 2.5 bar gauge pressure. The highly stable Taylor cone can be tuned to a near-hydrostatic state that exhibits the "true nanoelectrospray" properties, i.e., high salt tolerance and minimal ion suppression. The Q1/2 scaling law describing the electrospray current I and flow rate Q is found to be valid down to the nanoflow regime under a condition that is free of electric discharge. For a given solution, the flow rate and the size of the initial droplets and ionization species can be controlled with the spray current as the indicator for the instantaneous flow rate without changing the emitter capillary of different sizes. In regard to the application, the nanoelectrospray with a large micropipette tip is easy to use, free of clogging when dealing with viscous and high-salt buffer solutions, and with reduced surface interaction with the emitter inner surface. An acquisition of very clean mass spectra of proteins from concentrated solutions of nonvolatile salts such as phosphate-buffered saline is demonstrated.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Han Z, Chen LC. Electrospray Ionization Inside the Ion Inlet Tube: Multijet Mode Operation. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2021; 32:1821-1828. [PMID: 34167294 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We investigated the electrospray ionization inside the narrow channel of the ion inlet tube. An insulating emitter capillary made of fused silica with a 0.2 mm outer diameter was inserted into the ion inlet tubes with a 0.5 and 0.6 mm inner diameter to aspirate all the charged droplets. A custom-made ion inlet tube with two side holes near its entrance is used to observe the spraying condition. The spray current is measured and monitored during the MS acquisition using isolation amplifiers. Because the emitter is cylindrically surrounded in close proximity by the metallic inner wall, it is difficult to obtain a stable and symmetric Taylor cone with its apex at the center of the emitter. Instead, a stable operation under a flow rate of 1-4 μL/min is found to be in the form of a multicone-jet mode with two or more Taylor cones anchoring around the rim of the emitter. The emitted charged droplet jets are dragged from hitting the wall by the fast-flowing air inside the inlet tube. Comparison with the typical cone-jet and multijet mode operated several millimeters outside the inlet capillary shows signal enhancements for protein standards.
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- Zhongbao Han
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Ding XW, Zheng ZC, Zhao Q, Zhai G, Liang H, Wu X, Zhu ZG, Wang HJ, He QS, He XL, Du YA, Chen LC, Hua YW, Huang CM, Xue YW, Zhou Y, Zhou YB, Wu D, Fang XD, Dai YG, Zhang HW, Cao JQ, Li LP, Chai J, Tao KX, Li GL, Jie ZG, Ge J, Xu ZF, Zhang WB, Li QY, Zhao P, Ma ZQ, Yan ZL, Zheng GL, Yan Y, Tang XL, Zhou X. [A multi-center retrospective study of perioperative chemotherapy for gastric cancer based on real-world data]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 24:403-412. [PMID: 34000769 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn.441530-20200111-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the effect of perioperative chemotherapy on the prognosis of gastric cancer patients under real-world condition. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out. Real world data of gastric cancer patients receiving perioperative chemotherapy and surgery + adjuvant chemotherapy in 33 domestic hospitals from January 1, 2014 to January 31, 2016 were collected. Inclusion criteria: (1) gastric adenocarcinoma was confirmed by histopathology, and clinical stage was cT2-4aN0-3M0 (AJCC 8th edition); (2) D2 radical gastric cancer surgery was performed; (3) at least one cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) was completed; (4) at least 4 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) [SOX (S-1+oxaliplatin) or CapeOX (capecitabine + oxaliplatin)] were completed. Exclusion criteria: (1) complicated with other malignant tumors; (2) radiotherapy received; (3) patients with incomplete data. The enrolled patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy were included in the perioperative chemotherapy group, and those who received only postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy were included in the surgery + adjuvant chemotherapy group. Propensity score matching (PSM) method was used to control selection bias. The primary outcome were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) after PSM. OS was defined as the time from the first neoadjuvant chemotherapy (operation + adjuvant chemotherapy group: from the date of operation) to the last effective follow-up or death. PFS was defined as the time from the first neoadjuvant chemotherapy (operation + adjuvant chemotherapy group: from the date of operation) to the first imaging diagnosis of tumor progression or death. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the survival rate, and the Cox proportional hazards model was used to evaluate the independent effect of perioperative chemo therapy on OS and PFS. Results: 2 045 cases were included, including 1 293 cases in the surgery+adjuvant chemotherapy group and 752 cases in the perioperative chemotherapy group. After PSM, 492 pairs were included in the analysis. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, body mass index, tumor stage before treatment, and tumor location between the two groups (all P>0.05). Compared with the surgery + adjuvant chemotherapy group, patients in the perioperative chemotherapy group had higher proportion of total gastrectomy (χ(2)=40.526, P<0.001), smaller maximum tumor diameter (t=3.969, P<0.001), less number of metastatic lymph nodes (t=1.343, P<0.001), lower ratio of vessel invasion (χ(2)=11.897, P=0.001) and nerve invasion (χ(2)=12.338, P<0.001). In the perioperative chemotherapy group and surgery + adjuvant chemotherapy group, 24 cases (4.9%) and 17 cases (3.4%) developed postoperative complications, respectively, and no significant difference was found between two groups (χ(2)=0.815, P=0.367). The median OS of the perioperative chemotherapy group was longer than that of the surgery + adjuvant chemotherapy group (65 months vs. 45 months, HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.62-0.89, P=0.001); the median PFS of the perioperative chemotherapy group was also longer than that of the surgery+adjuvant chemotherapy group (56 months vs. 36 months, HR=0.72, 95% CI:0.61-0.85, P<0.001). The forest plot results of subgroup analysis showed that both men and women could benefit from perioperative chemotherapy (all P<0.05); patients over 45 years of age (P<0.05) and with normal body mass (P<0.01) could benefit significantly; patients with cTNM stage II and III presented a trend of benefit or could benefit significantly (P<0.05); patients with signet ring cell carcinoma benefited little (P>0.05); tumors in the gastric body and gastric antrum benefited more significantly (P<0.05). Conclusion: Perioperative chemotherapy can improve the prognosis of gastric cancer patients.
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- X W Ding
- Department of Gastric surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University (Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute), Shenyang 110042, China
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- The Third Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanxi Provincial Tumor Hospital, Taiyuan 030013, China
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- Department of Gastric surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fujian Provincial Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450008, China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Gastic Surgery, Afiliated CancerHospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Colorectal And Anal Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming 650118, China
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- Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Digestive Disease, Wuxi Mingci cardiovascular Hospital, Wuxi 214101, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery, The Affiliated Shandong Tumor Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250117, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital/General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250031, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Departerment of Abdominal Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang 330029, China
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- Departerment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sichuan Tumor Hospital, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Uninon Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315000, China
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- Department of Gastric surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- The Third Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
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Chen LC. High-pressure ESI-MS made easy using a plug-and-play ion source and its application to highly conductive aqueous solutions. J Mass Spectrom 2021; 56:e4583. [PMID: 32633853 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The performance of a compact high-pressure electrospray ionization (HP-ESI) source that can be readily used for commercial atmospheric pressure ionization (API) mass spectrometers is reported. The ion source employs a converging-diverging outlet nozzle, and ions/droplets generated inside the high-pressure compartment are carried by the high-velocity air jet toward the mass spectrometry (MS) ion inlet placed under the atmospheric pressure. With the use of a shielding electrode, the HP-ESI can also be operated with its emitter held at ground potential. This feature prevents the flow of current from the emitter to other electrically grounded components and facilitates the connection of ion source to liquid chromatography (LC) columns or capillary electrophoresis. Sensitive detection of proteins from highly conductive aqueous solutions such as 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) solution and the prevention of electrochemical artifacts by the grounded emitter operation are demonstrated.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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Ye ZS, Zeng Y, Wei SH, Wang Y, Chen S, Lin ZT, Wang ZW, Chen XL, Chen LC. [Safety and short-term efficacy of apatinib combined with oxaliplatin and S-1 in the conversion treatment for gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 24:240-247. [PMID: 34645168 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn.441530-20200530-00326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the safety and short-term efficacy of apatinib combined with oxaliplatin and S-1 in the conversion treatment for gastric cancer with different types of peritoneal metastasis. Methods: A prospective study "one arm exploratory clinical study of conversion therapy of apatinib with S-1 and oxaliplatin in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer" (clinical registration ChiCTR-ONC-17010430) from medical record database was retrospectively analyzed. Patients aged 18-70 years with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis confirmed by histology and laparoscopic exploration, and had not receive radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy before were enrolled. Before operation, the patients received 6 cycles of S-1 (80-120 mg/d, d1-d14) and oxaliplatin (130 mg/m(2), d1), and 5 cycles of apatinib (500 mg/d, d1-d21) conversion regimen. Three weeks after chemotherapy, whether the operation was performed or not depending on re-evaluation and patient preference. The main outcome were adverse reactions, and the secondary outcome were objective remission rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), and overall survival (OS) rate. The follow-up period was up to May 2020. Results: A total of 27 patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis were enrolled in this study. There were 13 males and 14 females, with a median age of 58 (30-68) years old. There were 9 cases of P1a, 5 cases of P1b, and 13 cases of P1c. There were 14 cases with 1-5 scores of PCI (peritoneal cancer index), and 13 cases with 6 scores or above. The incidence of adverse reactions was 100%. The most common adverse reactions were hematological events including leucopenia (70.4%, 19/27) and granulocytopenia (74.1%, 20/27). Non-hematological adverse events included fatigue (51.9%, 14/27) and oral mucositis (37.0%, 10/27). One patient was withdrawn due to grade 4 thrombocytopenia. Among 26 patients with feasible efficacy evaluation, 18 (69.2%) achieved partial remission, 3 (11.5%) achieved stable disease, and 5 (19.2%) disease progression. The objective remission rate was 69.2% (18/26) and the disease control rate was 80.8% (21/26). Fourteen patients underwent surgery, including 6 patients undergoing R0 resection with the R0 resection rate of 42.9% (6/14). The postoperative pathological response rate was 64.3% (9/14). The follow-up time was 12-40 months, and the follow-up rate was 100%. The 1-year OS rate was 65.2% and the survival time was (14.0±1.7) months. The 1-year OS rates of P1a/P1b group and P1c group were 81.8% and 42.0% respectively, whose difference was statistically significant (P=0.041). The 1-year OS rates of PCI 1-5 group and PCI ≥6 group were 67.3% and 38.5% respectively, whose difference was statistically significant (P=0.022). Conclusion: In the conversion treatment of gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis, the safety of apatinib combined with oxaliplatin and S-1 is acceptable, and this regimen shows a good short-term survival efficacy in patients with P1a/P1b and PCI of 1-5.
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- Z S Ye
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Treatment of Fujian Province, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350014, China
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Chen LC, Iwano T, Ninomiya S, Koike T, Tanaka Y, Yoshimura K. Miniaturized String Sampling Probe and Electrospray Extraction/Ionization within the Ion Inlet Tube for Mass Spectrometric Endoscopy. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2021; 32:606-610. [PMID: 33331152 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A moving string sampling probe and a new ESI based ionization source that can be readily incorporated into the existing endoscopes are developed for performing in vivo mass spectrometry during the endoscopic procedure. The medical-grade silk suture driven by a stepping motor is used to perform the sampling on the region of interest when the probe head is brought gently into contact with the surface of the gastrointestinal tissue. The tissues and the compounds adhered to the sampling string are transported to an ionization region inside the ion inlet tube in which they are extracted and ionized by the charging droplets generated from an electrospray outside the ion inlet. Since the extraction/ionization and sampling processes are isolated, organic solvents, high voltage (HV), and heating can be used for the optimization of ionization without compromising the biocompatibility of the sampling probe. The demonstration of the in vivo analysis of the gastric mucosa of a mouse is performed using a 2 m long gastrointestinal endoscope.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- ARS Corp., 3201-1, Ubaguchi, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-1504, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Quon JL, Bala W, Chen LC, Wright J, Kim LH, Han M, Shpanskaya K, Lee EH, Tong E, Iv M, Seekins J, Lungren MP, Braun KRM, Poussaint TY, Laughlin S, Taylor MD, Lober RM, Vogel H, Fisher PG, Grant GA, Ramaswamy V, Vitanza NA, Ho CY, Edwards MSB, Cheshier SH, Yeom KW. Deep Learning for Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor Detection and Classification: A Multi-Institutional Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1718-1725. [PMID: 32816765 PMCID: PMC7583118 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Posterior fossa tumors are the most common pediatric brain tumors. MR imaging is key to tumor detection, diagnosis, and therapy guidance. We sought to develop an MR imaging-based deep learning model for posterior fossa tumor detection and tumor pathology classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study cohort comprised 617 children (median age, 92 months; 56% males) from 5 pediatric institutions with posterior fossa tumors: diffuse midline glioma of the pons (n = 122), medulloblastoma (n = 272), pilocytic astrocytoma (n = 135), and ependymoma (n = 88). There were 199 controls. Tumor histology served as ground truth except for diffuse midline glioma of the pons, which was primarily diagnosed by MR imaging. A modified ResNeXt-50-32x4d architecture served as the backbone for a multitask classifier model, using T2-weighted MRIs as input to detect the presence of tumor and predict tumor class. Deep learning model performance was compared against that of 4 radiologists. RESULTS Model tumor detection accuracy exceeded an AUROC of 0.99 and was similar to that of 4 radiologists. Model tumor classification accuracy was 92% with an F1 score of 0.80. The model was most accurate at predicting diffuse midline glioma of the pons, followed by pilocytic astrocytoma and medulloblastoma. Ependymoma prediction was the least accurate. Tumor type classification accuracy and F1 score were higher than those of 2 of the 4 radiologists. CONCLUSIONS We present a multi-institutional deep learning model for pediatric posterior fossa tumor detection and classification with the potential to augment and improve the accuracy of radiologic diagnosis.
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- J L Quon
- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology (J.W.), Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Electrical Engineering (E.H.L.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Departments of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences (K.R.M.B., C.Y.H.), Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Departments of Radiology (T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of diagnostic Imaging (S.L.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery (R.M.L.), Dayton Children's Hospital, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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- and Pathology (H.V.), Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of Child Neurology (P.G.F.), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- and Haematology/Oncology (V.R.), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (N.A.V.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle Washington.,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (N.A.V.), Seattle, Washington
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- Departments of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences (K.R.M.B., C.Y.H.), Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- Departments of Neurosurgery (S.H.C.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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Chen LC. A Plug-and-Play High-Pressure ESI Source with an Emitter at Ground Potential and Its Application to High-Temperature Capillary LC-MS. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2020; 31:1015-1018. [PMID: 32239928 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A new high-pressure ESI source that can be readily used for commercial API mass spectrometers in a plug-and-play manner without any modification on the ion sampling interface is introduced. The emitter can be operated at ground potential, and the positive mode electrospray is generated by applying a negative high potential to the counter electrode. A shielding electrode effectively shields the opposing electric field and improves the ion transmission. This feature facilitates the direct connection of the ESI emitter to the electrically grounded components. The application of the present ion source to the high-temperature (>100 °C) capillary liquid chromatography for high-speed separation of peptide and proteins is demonstrated using a monolithic polymeric column.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Chen LC, Alexanderson KA. Sick leave and disability pension before and after breast cancer diagnosis: a Swedish cohort study. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz187.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Most working-aged women are, after diagnosed with breast cancer (BC), on some sickness absence and/or disability pension (SADP). We aimed to explore possible trajectories of their previous and subsequent SADP days and risk factors for consistently high levels of future SADP.
Methods
In a longitudinal cohort study of all 3536 women in Sweden aged 19-64 with a first BC diagnosis in 2010, we calculated their annual SADP net days from two years before to three years after BC diagnosis date. A group-based trajectory model was applied to depict SADP patterns. Logistic regressions were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for having >90 or > 180 SADP days/year in the three postdiagnostic years.
Results
Three trajectories of SADP days/month over the five years were identified: “high” (30% of all)”, “increase only around diagnosis” (61%), and ’constant very high’ (9%). Across the study period, the risk factors associated with constantly high levels of SADP days (>90 or > 180 days/year) were similar. Particularly, factors significantly associated with having annual SADP >90 days during all the three postdiagnostic years were: stage II cancer (OR = 4.59; 95% CI 2.98-7.07), stage III+IV (OR = 26.57; 13.52-52.22), prediagnosis SA 1-30 days (OR = 2.73; 1.30-5.70), prediagnosis SA > 90 days (OR = 24.52; 12.25-49.08), and prediagnosis DP (OR = 659.97; 292.52->999.99).
Conclusions
When diagnosed with BC, SADP increased significantly postdiagnosis, however, decreased with time and the absolute majority had no SADP the third year after BC diagnosis. Advanced cancer stage and previous high SADP were the highest risk factors for later SADP.
Key messages
Most breast cancer survivors’ work capacity (sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) is only affected shortly post-diagnosis. Prior SADP and high cancer stage were strongest risk factors. Register-based information on breast cancer patients and their sickness absence and disability pension before and after diagnosis are useful to identify different types of return-to-work patterns.
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- L C Chen
- Division of Insurance Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Sweden
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- Division of Insurance Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Sweden
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Chen LC. High-Temperature Liquid Chromatography and the Hyphenation with Mass Spectrometry Using High-Pressure Electrospray Ionization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 8:S0079. [PMID: 32010544 PMCID: PMC6920344 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.s0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Increasing the operating temperature of the liquid chromatography (LC) column has the same effect as reducing the diameter of the packing particles on minimizing the contribution of C-term in the van Deemter equation, flattening the curve of plate height vs. linear velocity in the high-speed region, thus allowing a fast LC analysis without the loss of plate count. While the use of smaller particles requires a higher pumping pressure, operating the column at higher temperature reduces the pressure due to lower liquid viscosity. At present, the adoption of high-temperature LC lags behind the ultra-high-pressure LC. Nevertheless, the availability of thermally stable columns has steadily improved and new innovations in this area have continued to emerge. This paper gives a brief review and updates on the recent advances in high-temperature liquid chromatography (HTLC). Recent efforts of hyphenating the capillary HTLC with mass spectrometry via a super-atmospheric pressure electrospray ionization is also reported.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Yoshimura K, Yamada Y, Ninomiya S, Chung WY, Chang YT, Dennison AR, Hiraoka K, Takeda S, Chen LC. Real-time analysis of living animals and rapid screening of human fluid samples using remote sampling electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2019; 172:372-378. [PMID: 31096096 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Real-time and in-situ mass-spectrometry analyses of living animal and biological sample were performed using a novel remote sampling electrospray ionization (RS-ESI) probe. Unlike conventional ESI, in which injection or syringe loading is required for sample introduction, the RS-ESI probe ionizes the samples when the sampling capillary is in contact with the sample. As the sampling capillary is electrically held at ground potential, the safety of the animal and operator is assured. The liquid sample is aspirated to the ESI emitter at the other end of the capillary by the Venturi effect. Subsequently, the electrospray is generated when a high voltage is applied to the counter electrode placed inside the ion source chamber. The probe unit is attached to the mass spectrometer with a long flexible tube and its position can be freely manipulated during the analysis. In this report, we demonstrate a real-time analysis of a living mouse liver and an automatic analysis of 138 serum samples using this new technique.
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- Kentaro Yoshimura
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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Ninomiya S, Iwamoto S, Chen LC, Hiraoka K. Probe electrospray ionization of mixture solutions using metal needles with different tip conditions. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Satoshi Ninomiya
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School; University of Yamanashi; 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School; University of Yamanashi; 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School; University of Yamanashi; 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center; University of Yamanashi; 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu Yamanashi 400-8511 Japan
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Chen LC, Naito T, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K. Hyphenation of high-temperature liquid chromatography with high-pressure electrospray ionization for subcritical water LC-ESI-MS. Analyst 2018; 143:5552-5558. [PMID: 30303205 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01113c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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High-pressure electrospray ionization (HP-ESI) performed under super-atmospheric pressure allows a stable and efficient electrospray of pure aqueous and/or superheated solutions even under a μL min-1 flow rate regime. In this paper, we report the direct coupling of the HP-ESI source to high-temperature liquid chromatography (HT-LC) operated at ≤30 μL min-1 flow rates. In addition to ESI, the ion source functions as a back-pressure regulator to keep the mobile phase in the liquid phase when the column is heated to >100 °C. Under an ion source pressure of 7 bar, the LC column can be operated up to 160 °C. LC is performed under isocratic elution, and besides the isothermal mode, the temperature of the column can also be programmed to increase the selectivity while keeping the ion source at a constant temperature. For a given solution flow rate, the analytical time can be shortened by increasing the column temperature. HT-LC-ESI-MS using pure water as the mobile phase with a capillary column is also demonstrated.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan.
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Rahman MM, Chen LC. Analytical characteristics of nano-electrospray operated under super-atmospheric pressure. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1021:78-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ninomiya S, Sakai Y, Chuin Chen L, Hiraoka K. Development of a Vacuum Electrospray Droplet Ion Gun for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 7:A0069. [PMID: 30116686 PMCID: PMC6089089 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Atmospheric pressure electrospray had been used in previous studies to generate massive water droplet ion beams, and the beams successfully achieved efficient desorption/ionization of biomolecules, low damage etching of polymers and nonselective etching of metal oxides. However, this droplet ion beam was not practical as a primary ion beam for surface analysis instruments because it required differential pumping and lacked adequate beam current and density. To improve the beam performance, we have proposed to use vacuum electrospray of aqueous solutions as a beam source, and developed a technique for producing a stable electrospray of aqueous solution in vacuum. We also designed a prototype of a vacuum electrospray droplet ion gun, and measured the beam properties. Finally, the applicability of this ion gun in secondary ion mass spectrometry is discussed.
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- Satoshi Ninomiya
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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Chen LC, Tsutsui S, Naito T, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K. Electrospray ionization source with a rear extractor. J Mass Spectrom 2018; 53:400-407. [PMID: 29453773 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A new electrospray source design is introduced by having an extractor electrode placed at 1 to 2 mm behind the emitter tip. The extractor was integrated into the sprayer body as a single device. An insulating tube was used to isolate the emitter from the extractor and to deliver the sheath gas for the electrospray. The electric field strength at the emitter was primarily determined by the relative position and the potential between the needle and the extractor; therefore, the spraying condition was insusceptible to the change of sprayer position or orientation with respect to the ion sampling inlet. Such design allowed the use of much lower operating voltage and facilitated the optimization of sprayer position by keeping the electric field parameter constant. Using an emitter capillary of 150 and 310 μm in inner and outer diameters, strong ion signal could still be acquired with 2-kV emitter potential even if the distance between the emitter and ion inlet was extended to >70 mm. Charge reduction of protein ions using 2 extractor-based electrosprays of opposite emitter polarities was also demonstrated.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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Chen LC, Xie Q. [Clinical timing and benefit of antiviral treatment for hepatitis C]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2017; 25:164-169. [PMID: 28482401 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Current treatments for hepatitis C include pegylated interferon-α (Peg-IFNα) and ribavirin (RBV) combination therapy and direct antiviral agents (DAAs). Antiviral treatment can be initiated after 4 to 6 months of clinical observations for patients with acute infections, but should be started as early as possible for those with chronic infections. However, for patients who are ineligible for Peg-IFN and RBV combination therapy and have no unrestricted access to DAAs, it is advised that they wait for the approval of DAAs in China if their medical condition is under control. Though, antiviral therapy should be started immediately if the disease progresses. It has been reported that there are numerous clinical benefits of antiviral treatment for hepatitis C. However, the long-term impact of DAAs treatment including efficacy and safety is limited and remains to be explored.
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- L C Chen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Rui Jin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Chen LC, Yoshimura K, Ninomiya S, Takeda S, Hiraoka K. Towards Practical Endoscopic Mass Spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 6:S0070. [PMID: 28852605 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.s0070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In this paper, we briefly review the remote mass spectrometric techniques that are viable to perform "endoscopic mass spectrometry," i.e., in-situ and in-vivo MS analysis inside the cavity of human or animal body. We also report our experience with a moving string sampling probe for the remote sample collection and the transportation of adhered sample to an ion source near the mass spectrometer. With a miniaturization of the probe, the method described here has the potential to be fit directly into a medical endoscope.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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Yamada Y, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K, Chen LC. Development of Remote Sampling ESI Mass Spectrometry for the Rapid and Automatic Analysis of Multiple Samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 5:S0068. [PMID: 28616373 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.s0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We report on combining a self-aspirated sampling probe and an ESI source using a single metal capillary which is electrically grounded and safe for use by the operator. To generate an electrospray, a negative H.V. is applied to the counter electrode of the ESI emitter to operate in positive ion mode. The sampling/ESI capillary is enclosed within another concentric capillary similar to the arrangement for a standard pneumatically assisted ESI source. The suction of the liquid sample is due to the Venturi effect created by the high-velocity gas flow near the ESI tip. In addition to serving as the mechanism for suction, the high-velocity gas flow also assists in the nebulization of charged droplets, thus producing a stable ion signal. Even though the potential of the ion source counter electrode is more negative than the mass spectrometer in the positive ion mode, the electric field effect is not significant if the ion source and the mass spectrometer are separated by a sufficient distance. Ion transmission is achieved by the viscous flow of the carrier gas. Using the present arrangement, the user can hold the ion source in a bare hand and the ion signal appears almost immediately when the sampling capillary is brought into contact with the liquid sample. The automated analysis of multiple samples can also be achieved by using motorized sample stage and an automated ion source holder.
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Usmanov DT, Ninomiya S, Chen LC, Saha S, Mandal MK, Sakai Y, Takaishi R, Habib A, Hiraoka K, Yoshimura K, Takeda S, Wada H, Nonami H. Desorption in Mass Spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 6:S0059. [PMID: 28337398 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.s0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In mass spectrometry, analytes must be released in the gas phase. There are two representative methods for the gasification of the condensed samples, i.e., ablation and desorption. While ablation is based on the explosion induced by the energy accumulated in the condensed matrix, desorption is a single molecular process taking place on the surface. In this paper, desorption methods for mass spectrometry developed in our laboratory: flash heating/rapid cooling, Leidenfrost phenomenon-assisted thermal desorption (LPTD), solid/solid friction, liquid/solid friction, electrospray droplet impact (EDI) ionization/desorption, and probe electrospray ionization (PESI), will be described. All the methods are concerned with the surface and interface phenomena. The concept of how to desorb less-volatility compounds from the surface will be discussed.
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- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi
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- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
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- Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University
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Ninomiya S, Yoshimura K, Chen LC, Takeda S, Hiraoka K. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Electrospray Droplet Ion Beams. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 6:A0053. [PMID: 28149705 PMCID: PMC5267555 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tissue samples from renal cell carcinoma patients were analyzed by electrospray droplet ion beam-induced secondary ion mass spectrometry (EDI/SIMS). Positively- and negatively-charged secondary ions were measured for the cancerous and noncancerous regions of the tissue samples. Although specific cancerous species could not be found in both the positive and negative secondary ion spectra, the spectra of the cancerous and noncancerous tissues presented different trends. For instance, in the m/z range of 500–800 of the positive secondary ion spectra for the cancerous tissues, the intensities for several m/z values were lower than those of the m/z+2 peaks (indicating one double bond loss for the species), whereas, for the noncancerous tissues, the inverse trend was obtained. The tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) was also performed on the tissue samples using probe electrospray ionization (PESI), and some molecular ions produced by PESI were found to be fragmented into the ions observed in EDI/SIMS analysis. When the positive secondary ion spectra produced by EDI/SIMS were analyzed by principal component analysis, the results for cancerous and noncancerous tissues were separated. The EDI/SIMS method can be applied to distinguish between a cancerous and a noncancerous area with high probability.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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Chen LC, Naito T, Tsutsui S, Yamada Y, Ninomiya S, Yoshimura K, Takeda S, Hiraoka K. In vivo endoscopic mass spectrometry using a moving string sampling probe. Analyst 2017; 142:2735-2740. [DOI: 10.1039/c7an00650k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A novel moving string sampling probe and sample transportation system for performing in situ and in vivo endoscopic MS.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering
- University of Yamanashi
- Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center
- University of Yamanashi
- Kofu
- 400-8511 Japan
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Usmanov DT, Chen LC, Hiraoka K, Wada H, Nonami H, Yamabe S. Mass spectrometric monitoring of oxidation of aliphatic C6-C8 hydrocarbons and ethanol in low pressure oxygen and air plasmas. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:1187-1195. [PMID: 27706870 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Experimental and theoretical studies on the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons (n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, n-octane and isooctane) and ethanol in 28 Torr O2 or air plasma generated by a hollow cathode discharge ion source were made. Ions corresponding to [M + 15]+ and [M + 13]+ in addition to [M - H]+ and [M - 3H]+ were detected as major ions where M is the sample molecule. The ions [M + 15]+ and [M + 13]+ were assigned as oxidation products, [M - H + O]+ and [M - 3H + O]+ , respectively. By the tandem mass spectrometry analysis of [M - H + O]+ and [M - 3H + O]+ , H2 O, olefins (and/or cycloalkanes) and oxygen-containing compounds were eliminated from these ions. Ozone as one of the terminal products in the O2 plasma was postulated as the oxidizing reagent. As an example, the reactions of C6 H14+• with O2 and of C6 H13+ (CH3 CH2 CH+ CH2 CH2 CH3 ) with ozone were examined by density functional theory calculations. Nucleophilic interaction of ozone with C6 H13+ leads to the formation of protonated ketone, CH3 CH2 C(=OH+ )CH2 CH2 CH3 . In air plasma, [M - H + O]+ became predominant over carbocations, [M - H]+ and [M - 3H]+ . For ethanol, the protonated acetic acid CH3 C(OH)2+ (m/z 61.03) was formed as the oxidation product. The peaks at m/z 75.04 and 75.08 are assigned as protonated ethyl formate and protonated diethyl ether, respectively, and that at m/z 89.06 as protonated ethyl acetate. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Dilshadbek T Usmanov
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Durmon Yoli Street 33, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 496 Izumi, Chikugo, Fukuoka, 833-0041, Japan
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- Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, 790-0905, Japan
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- Department of Material Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan
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Ninomiya S, Sakai Y, Watanabe R, Sogou M, Miyayama T, Sakai D, Watanabe K, Chen LC, Hiraoka K. Secondary ion yields for vacuum-type electrospray droplet beams measured with a triple focus time-of-flight analyzer. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2016; 30:2279-2284. [PMID: 27491702 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RATIONALE We previously developed a massive cluster ion beam gun for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in which the primary beam source is a vacuum electrospray. The secondary ion yields produced by this method had not yet been measured with a commercial time-of-flight (TOF) secondary ion mass spectrometer, and the ionization performance was unknown. METHODS A vacuum-type electrospray droplet ion gun was connected to a triple-focus TOF analyzer. The flight time of the secondary ions was measured using a sample-bias pulsing method, because a short pulse of the electrospray droplet beam could not be obtained. The secondary ion yields of an amino acid sample produced by the electrospray droplet beams and atomic Ga ion beams were compared. RESULTS TOF secondary ion spectra were measured for the amino acid and peptide samples with a mass resolution of ~500 using the sample-bias pulsing method. The secondary ion yield of the amino acid sample produced with the 10 kV vacuum-type electrospray droplet beams was much higher than that produced by 10 kV Ga ion beams. In addition, the secondary ion yields for the peptide sample and amino acid samples were almost similar. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report on secondary ion yields produced with vacuum-type electrospray droplet ion beams and measured with a semi-commercial TOF analyzer. The enhancement of secondary ion yields, in particular for relatively high-mass molecules, would be very useful in the SIMS analysis of a wide variety of biological samples. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Satoshi Ninomiya
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan.
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- ULVAC-PHI Inc., 370 Enzo, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-8522, Japan
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- ULVAC-PHI Inc., 370 Enzo, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-8522, Japan
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- ULVAC-PHI Inc., 370 Enzo, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-8522, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan.
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Usmanov DT, Chen LC, Hiraoka K, Wada H, Nonami H, Yamabe S. Nitrogen incorporation in saturated aliphatic C6-C8 hydrocarbons and ethanol in low-pressure nitrogen plasma generated by a hollow cathode discharge ion source. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:446-452. [PMID: 27270868 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Ion/molecule reactions of saturated hydrocarbons (n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, n-octane and isooctane) in 28-Torr N2 plasma generated by a hollow cathode discharge ion source were investigated using an Orbitrap mass spectrometer. It was found that the ions with [M+14](+) were observed as the major ions (M: sample molecule). The exact mass analysis revealed that the ions are nitrogenated molecules, [M+N](+) formed by the reactions of N3 (+) with M. The reaction, N3 (+) + M → [M+N](+) + N2 , were examined by the density functional theory calculations. It was found that N3 (+) abstracts the H atom from hydrocarbon molecules leading to the formation of protonated imines in the forms of R'R″CNH2 (+) (i.e. C-H bond nitrogenation). This result is in accord with the fact that elimination of NH3 is the major channel for MS/MS of [M+N](+) . That is, nitrogen is incorporated in the C-H bonds of saturated hydrocarbons. No nitrogenation was observed for benzene and acetone, which was ascribed to the formation of stable charge-transfer complexes benzene⋅⋅⋅⋅N3 (+) and acetone⋅⋅⋅⋅N3 (+) revealed by density functional theory calculations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Dilshadbek T Usmanov
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Durmon Yoli 33, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 496 Izumi, Chikugo, Fukuoka, 833-0041, Japan
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- Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Material Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan
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Chen LC, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K. Super-atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry and its application to ultrafast online protein digestion analysis. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:396-411. [PMID: 27270863 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Ion source pressure plays a significant role in the process of ionization and the subsequent ion transmission inside a mass spectrometer. Pressurizing the ion source to a gas pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is a relatively new approach that aims to further improve the performance of atmospheric pressure ionization sources. For example, under a super-atmospheric pressure environment, a stable electrospray can be sustained for liquid with high surface tension such as pure water, because of the suppression of electric discharge. Even for nano-electrospray ionization (nano-ESI), which is known to work with aqueous solution, its stability and sensitivity can also be enhanced, particularly in the negative mode when the ion source is pressurized. A brief review on the development of super-atmospheric pressure ion sources, including high-pressure electrospray, field desorption and superheated ESI, and the strategies to interface these ion sources to a mass spectrometer will be given. Using a recent ESI prototype with an operating temperature at 220 °C under 27 atm, we also demonstrate that it is possible to achieve an online Asp-specific protein digestion analysis in which the whole processes of digestion, ionization and MS acquisition could be completed on the order of a few seconds. This method is fast, and the reaction can even be monitored on a near-real-time basis. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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Chen LC, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K. Super-atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry and its application to ultrafast online protein digestion analysis. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:ii. [PMID: 27270871 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Pressure is a key parameter for an ionization source. In this Special Feature article, Lee Chuin Chen and colleagues review super-atmospheric pressure ionization MS with electrospray, corona-discharge-based chemical ionization, and field desorption. They routinely run their mass spectrometer with ion source pressures ranging from several to several tens of atmospheres. A number of strategies have been used to preserve the high vacuum of the instrument while working with a high-pressure (HP) ion source. A recent prototype uses a booster pump with variable pumping speed added to the first pumping stage of the mass spectrometer to regulate a constant vacuum pressure. Further, a new HP-ESI source allowing rapid (a few seconds) online protein digestion MS is also reported. Dr. Lee Chuin Chen is Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Yamanashi (Yamanashi, Japan). His main research interest is the development of novel mass spectrometric methods for in-situ medical diagnosis.
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Usmanov DT, Yu Z, Chen LC, Hiraoka K, Yamabe S. Low-pressure barrier discharge ion source using air as a carrier gas and its application to the analysis of drugs and explosives. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:132-140. [PMID: 26889929 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this work, a low-pressure air dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) ion source using a capillary with the inner diameter of 0.115 and 12 mm long applicable to miniaturized mass spectrometers was developed. The analytes, trinitrotoluene (TNT), 1,3,5-trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), 1,3,5,7-tetranitroperhydro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), nitroglycerine (NG), hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD), caffeine, cocaine and morphine, introduced through the capillary, were ionized by a low-pressure air DBD. The ion source pressures were changed by using various sizes of the ion sampling orifice. The signal intensities of those analytes showed marked pressure dependence. TNT was detected with higher sensitivity at lower pressure but vice versa for other analytes. For all analytes, a marked signal enhancement was observed when a grounded cylindrical mesh electrode was installed in the DBD ion source. Among nine analytes, RDX, HMX, NG and PETN could be detected as cluster ions [analyte + NO3 ](-) even at low pressure and high temperature up to 180 °C. The detection indicates that these cluster ions are stable enough to survive under present experimental conditions. The unexpectedly high stabilities of these cluster ions were verified by density functional theory calculation.
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- Dilshadbek T Usmanov
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Durmon Yoli Street 33, Akademgorodok, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, 253 Huanghe Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110034, China
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda-4, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Department of Material Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan
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Yu Z, Chen LC, Ninomiya S, Mandal MK, Hiraoka K, Nonami H. Piezoelectric inkjet assisted rapid electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis of metabolites in plant single cells via a direct sampling probe. Analyst 2015; 139:5734-9. [PMID: 25262850 DOI: 10.1039/c4an01068j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Direct sampling probe mass spectrometry (DSP-MS) enables fast and direct profiling of metabolites in biological samples. However, because the solvent amount for the online dissolution of acquired analytes is difficult to control, the detection sensitivity is not satisfactory. In this study, we present a modified version of the DSP-MS system for direct mass spectrometric profiling of metabolites in plant single cells. Two major improvements are introduced in this work, including a pointed-tip probe with high surface wetting properties, which is ten times finer than the previous version, and a piezoelectric inkjet system working as the auxiliary solvent delivery means. The probe tip can be controlled to insert into a cell through the cell wall. Metabolites loaded on the tip surface can be extracted by the auxiliary solvent and electrosprayed after applying a high direct current voltage. The unique features such as low cost, disposability and versatility make this technique a competitive tool for single cell analysis.
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- Zhan Yu
- College of Chemistry and Biology, Shenyang Normal University, 253 Huanghe Street, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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In a tutorial paper on the application of free-jet technique for API-MS, John Fenn mentioned that "…for a number of years and a number of reasons, it has been found advantageous in many situations to carry out the ionization process in gas at pressures up to 1000 Torr or more" (Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 200: 459-478, 2000). In fact, the first ESI mass spectrometer constructed by Yamashita and Fenn had a counter-flow curtain gas source at 1050 Torr (ca. 1.4 atm) to sweep away the neutral (J. Phys. Chem. 88: 4451-4459, 1984). For gaseous ionization using electrospray plume, theoretical analysis also shows that "super-atmospheric operation would be more preferable in space-charge-limited situations."(Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 300: 182-193, 2011). However, electrospray and the corona-based chemical ion source (APCI) in most commercial instrument are basically operated under an atmospheric pressure ambient, perhaps out of the concern of safety, convenience and simplicity in maintenance. Running the ion source at pressure much higher than 1 atm is not so common, but had been done by a number of groups as well as in our laboratory. A brief review on these ion sources will be given in this paper.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi
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Chen LC, Kinoshita M, Noda M, Ninomiya S, Hiraoka K. Rapid Online Non-Enzymatic Protein Digestion Analysis with High Pressure Superheated ESI-MS. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2015; 26:1085-1091. [PMID: 25832029 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Recently, we reported a new ESI ion source that could electrospray the super-heated aqueous solution with liquid temperature much higher than the normal boiling point (J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 25, 1862-1869). The boiling of liquid was prevented by pressurizing the ion source to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. The maximum operating pressure in our previous prototype was 11 atm, and the highest achievable temperature was 180°C. In this paper, a more compact prototype that can operate up to 27 atm and 250°C liquid temperatures is constructed, and reproducible MS acquisition can be extended to electrospray temperatures that have never before been tested. Here, we apply this super-heated ESI source to the rapid online protein digestion MS. The sample solution is rapidly heated when flowing through a heated ESI capillary, and the digestion products are ionized by ESI in situ when the solution emerges from the tip of the heated capillary. With weak acid such as formic acid as solution, the thermally accelerated digestion (acid hydrolysis) has the selective cleavage at the aspartate (Asp, D) residue sites. The residence time of liquid within the active heating region is about 20 s. The online operation eliminates the need to transfer the sample from the digestion reactor, and the output of the digestive reaction can be monitored and manipulated by the solution flow rate and heater temperature in a near real-time basis.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Graduate School, Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan,
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Usmanov DT, Chen LC, Yu Z, Yamabe S, Sakaki S, Hiraoka K. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization of explosives using alternating current corona discharge ion source. J Mass Spectrom 2015; 50:651-661. [PMID: 26149109 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The high-sensitive detection of explosives is of great importance for social security and safety. In this work, the ion source for atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/mass spectrometry using alternating current corona discharge was newly designed for the analysis of explosives. An electromolded fine capillary with 115 µm inner diameter and 12 mm long was used for the inlet of the mass spectrometer. The flow rate of air through this capillary was 41 ml/min. Stable corona discharge could be maintained with the position of the discharge needle tip as close as 1 mm to the inlet capillary without causing the arc discharge. Explosives dissolved in 0.5 µl methanol were injected to the ion source. The limits of detection for five explosives with 50 pg or lower were achieved. In the ion/molecule reactions of trinitrotoluene (TNT), the discharge products of NOx (-) (x = 2,3), O3 and HNO3 originating from plasma-excited air were suggested to contribute to the formation of [TNT - H](-) (m/z 226), [TNT - NO](-) (m/z 197) and [TNT - NO + HNO3 ](-) (m/z 260), respectively. Formation processes of these ions were traced by density functional theory calculations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- D T Usmanov
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Dormon Yoli Street 33, Akademgorodok, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
- School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, China
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- Fukui Institute of Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute of Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8103, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan
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Yoshimura K, Chen LC, Johno H, Nakajima M, Hiraoka K, Takeda S. Development of Non-proximate Probe Electrospray Ionization for Real-Time Analysis of Living Animal. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 3:S0048. [PMID: 26819892 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.s0048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ambient ionization mass spectrometry is one of the most challenging analytical tools in the field of biomedical research. We previously demonstrated that probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PESI-MS) could potentially be used in the rapid diagnosis of cancer. Although this technique does not require a tedious sample pretreatment process, it was not possible for our previously reported setup to be applied to cases involving the direct sampling of tissues from living animal and large animal subjects, because there would not be enough room to accommodate the larger bodies juxtaposed to the ion inlet. To make PESI-MS more applicable for the real-time analysis of living animals, a long auxiliary ion sampling tube has been connected to the ion inlet of the mass spectrometer to allow for the collection of ions and charged droplets from the PESI source (hereafter, referred to as non-proximate PESI). Furthermore, an additional ion sampling tube was connected to a small diaphragm pump to increase the uptake rate of air carrying the ions and charged droplets to the ion inlet. This modification allows for the extended ion sampling orifice to be positioned closer to the specimens, even when they are too large to be placed inside the ionization chamber. In this study, we have demonstrated the use of non-proximate PESI-MS for the real-time analysis for biological molecules and pharmacokinetic parameters from living animals.
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- Kentaro Yoshimura
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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- Graduate School Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi
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Hiraoka K, Usmanov DT, Chen LC, Ninomiya S, Mandal MK, Saha S. Probe electrospray ionization (PESI) mass spectrometry with discontinuous atmospheric pressure interface (DAPI). Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester) 2015; 21:327-334. [PMID: 26307713 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Probe electrospray ionization (PESI) using a 0.2 mm outside diameter titanium wire was performed and the generated ions were introduced into the mass spectrometer via a discontinuous atmospheric pressure interface using a pinch valve. Time-lapse PESI mass spectra were acquired by gradually increasing delay time for the pinch valve opening with respect to the start of each electrospray event when a high voltage was applied. The opening time of the pinch valve was 20 ms. Time-resolved PESI mass spectra showed marked differences for 10 mM NaCl, 10(-5) M gramicidin S and insulin in H(2)O/CH(3)OH/CH(3)COOH/CH(3)COONH(4) (65/35/1) with and without the addition of 10 mM CH(3)COONH(4). This was ascribed to the pH change of the liquid attached to the needle caused by electrochemical reactions taking place at the interface between the metal probe and the solution. NaCl cluster ions appeared only after the depletion of analytes. For the mixed solution of 10(-5) M cytochrome c, insulin, and gramicidin S in H(2)O/CH(3)OH/CH(3)COOH (65/35/1), a sequential appearance of analyte ions in the order of cytochrome c→insulin→gramicidin S was observed. The present technique was applied to three narcotic samples; methamphetamine, morphine and codeine. Limits of detection for these compounds were 10 ppb in H(2)O/CH(3)OH (1/1) for the single sampling with a pinch valve opening time of 200 ms.
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- Kenzo Hiraoka
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan. Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Dormon Yoli Street 33, Akademgorodok, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan.
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan.
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Amloy S, Karlsson KF, Eriksson MO, Palisaitis J, Persson POÅ, Chen YT, Chen KH, Hsu HC, Hsiao CL, Chen LC, Holtz PO. Excitons and biexcitons in InGaN quantum dot like localization centers. Nanotechnology 2014; 25:495702. [PMID: 25410551 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/49/495702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Indium segregation in a narrow InGaN single quantum well creates quantum dot (QD) like exciton localization centers. Cross-section transmission electron microscopy reveals varying shapes and lateral sizes in the range ∼1-5 nm of the QD-like features, while scanning near field optical microscopy demonstrates a highly inhomogeneous spatial distribution of optically active individual localization centers. Microphotoluminescence spectroscopy confirms the spectrally inhomogeneous distribution of localization centers, in which the exciton and the biexciton related emissions from single centers of varying geometry could be identified by means of excitation power dependencies. Interestingly, the biexciton binding energy (E(b)xx) was found to vary from center to center, between 3 to -22 meV, in correlation with the exciton emission energy. Negative binding energies are only justified by a three-dimensional quantum confinement, which confirms QD-like properties of the localization centers. The observed energy correlation is proposed to be understood as variations of the lateral extension of the confinement potential, which would yield smaller values of E(b)xx for reduced lateral extension and higher exciton emission energy. The proposed relation between lateral extension and E(b)xx is further supported by the exciton and the biexciton recombination lifetimes of a single QD, which suggest a lateral extension of merely ∼3 nm for a QD with strongly negative E(b)xx = -15.5 meV.
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- S Amloy
- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phattalung 93110, Thailand.
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Mousa R, Chen LC, Cheung KL. An Evidence-Based Model Design to Inform the Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Primary Endocrine Therapy And Surgery for Older Women with Primary Breast Cancer. Value Health 2014; 17:A638. [PMID: 27202281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.2295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- R Mousa
- University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Chen LC, Rahman MM, Hiraoka K. High pressure super-heated electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for sub-critical aqueous solution. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2014; 25:1862-1869. [PMID: 25204829 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0974-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The heating of electrospray ion source under atmospheric pressure is limited to the normal boiling point of the solution. The boiling takes place when the vapor pressure of the liquid at a given temperature equals the ambient pressure. By using a high pressure ESI source, which has been developed previously in our laboratory, a stable electrospray ionization of super-heated aqueous solution is performed up to a solution temperature of 180°C. The ion source is pressurized with pure nitrogen to a maximum pressure of 11 atm, and it is coupled to a commercial mass spectrometer via a custom-made ion transport capillary. A booster pump with variable pumping speed is added to the pumping system to regulate the pressure in the first pumping stage at 1 ~ 1.3 Torr. High pressure mass spectrometry is performed on several peptides and proteins to demonstrate its application in the temperature-controlled thermally induced denaturation and dissociation.
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- Lee Chuin Chen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511, Japan,
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Rahman MM, Mandal MK, Hiraoka K, Chen LC. High pressure nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry for analysis of aqueous solutions. Analyst 2014; 138:6316-22. [PMID: 23979728 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00699a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanoelectrospray ionization (nanoESI) with a very fine emitter and nanoliter solution flow rate is known to be suitable for aqueous solutions. However, under atmospheric pressure, its stability with aqueous solutions is not always guaranteed particularly in the negative ion mode where corona and arc discharge tend to occur more easily. Electrical discharge can be quenched to a certain extent by adding electron scavenging gases like SF6 or CO2 to the ion source. The onset potential that is required to induce the discharge also increases with an increase of gas pressure. Recently, we have reported on a series of high pressure electrospray ion sources that were stable in both positive and negative ion modes using air or N2 as the working gas. In this paper, we compare the performance of nanoelectrospray under atmospheric pressure and super-atmospheric pressure for the analysis of samples in aqueous solution. The comparative study was performed using the same ion source chamber that could be pressurized up to 6 bar. The pressure in the first pumping stage of the mass spectrometer was kept constant when the ion source pressure was changed by using an additional pump with variable pumping speed. High pressure nanoESI optimized at 2-3 bar demonstrated a 3-5 times improvement in ion signal intensity compared to atmospheric pressure nanoESI, and the signal stability was significantly improved particularly in the negative mode.
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- Md Matiur Rahman
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11, Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8511 Japan
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Habib A, Ninomiya S, Chen LC, Usmanov DT, Hiraoka K. Desorption mass spectrometry for nonvolatile compounds using an ultrasonic cutter. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2014; 25:1177-1180. [PMID: 24833356 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this work, desorption of nonvolatile analytes induced by friction was studied. The nonvolatile compounds deposited on the perfluoroalkoxy substrate were gently touched by an ultrasonic cutter oscillating with a frequency of 40 kHz. The desorbed molecules were ionized by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) ion source. Efficient desorption of samples such as drugs, pharmaceuticals, amino acids, and explosives was observed. The limits of detection for these compounds were about 1 ng. Many compounds were detected in their protonated forms without undergoing significant fragmentation. When the DBD was off, no ions for the neutral samples could be detected, meaning that only desorption along with little ionization took place by the present technique.
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- Ahsan Habib
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, 400-8511, Japan
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- J P Pang
- Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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