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6-109.1%) and indirect detection of glucose make the probe XH-2 a superior probe. Based on its low cytotoxicity, the probe was successfully applied to monitor endogenous/exogenous hydrogen peroxide and quantitatively determine the concentration level of hydrogen peroxide at a range of 0-120 μM (R2 = 0.9859) in HepG2 cells. Ultimately, the probe could effectively monitor the level of hydrogen peroxide during DILI in HepG2 cells.In the present work, a capture DNA (c-DNA) was immobilized on the TNA/g-C3N4 to develop a sensitive and selective TNA/g-C3N4/c-DNA photoelectrochemical aptasensor for determining thrombin. With the aid of the specific recognition of anti-thrombin aptamer towards thrombin, ingenious design of hairpin DNA, and exonuclease III-assisted recycling signal amplification, more nanoceria could be assembled on the TNA/g-C3N4/c-DNA to form TNA/g-C3N4/nanoceria in the presence of thrombin. Due to the oxidase-mimic catalytic efficiency of nanoceria and the oxygen consumption for glucose oxidation, the photoexcited electrons at the conduction band of g-C3N4 could be well transferred to that of TNA under visible light irradiation, resulting in the increase of the photocurrent of TNA/g-C3N4/nanoceria, and the increase value of photocurrent had a linear relationship with the concentration of thrombin under the optimal conditions. So, the constructed TNA/g-C3N4/c-DNA photoelectrochemical aptasensor exhibited a satisfactory quantitative range from 0.01 pM to 0.5 nM, low detection limit with 3.4 fM for thrombin determination, and was applied for the human serum analysis successfully with RSD of less than 4.8% and the recovery between 95% and 113%.Micro-tip-based solid-phase microextraction is considered as one of the green and powerful analytical sample preparation techniques, but its efficiency is severely hampered by some basic issues such as tedious fabrication, instability of sorbent bed, and blocking of the tip, especially for biological samples due to low permeability. These issues are tackled by introducing a flexible and hierarchical substrate in the microtip, having good mechanical strength and specific functionality to capture the desired biomolecules. Considering the well-ordered and flexible structure of melamine foam, it was used as a substrate and for hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). Metal-organic framework, due to its excellent characteristics, was grafted on its surface anchored by self-assembling polydopamine. The resulting material was characterized and packed in the tip by just pressing the material in the conical structure of the tip. This affinity tip established good and tunable permeability and was used to selectively enrich glycopeptides as well as phosphopeptides. The affinity tip demonstrated excellent performance to enrich glycopeptides and phosphopeptides with a low limit of detection up to 0.5 fmol μL-1 from tryptic digests of horseradish peroxidase and β-Casein, respectively, and was stable up to 5 rounds of enrichment. Moreover, this affinity-tip also exhibited high selectivity up to up to 11000 (HRP digest to BSA digest) for glycopeptides and 1200 (β-Casein digest to BSA digest) for phosphopeptides and demonstrated several other fascinating characteristics such as; excellent size exclusion effect for the omission of large-sized proteins, modest backpressure, reproducibility, reusability, smooth enrichment, and successfully applied to a human saliva sample.Single-cell analysis has gained considerable attention for disease diagnosis, drug screening, and differentiation monitoring. Compared to the well-established flow cytometry, which uses fluorescent-labeled antibodies, microfluidic impedance cytometry (MIC) offers a simple, label-free, and noninvasive method for counting, classifying, and monitoring cells. Superior features including a small footprint, low reagent consumption, and ease of use have also been reported. The MIC device detects changes in the impedance signal caused by cells passing through the sensing/electric field zone, which can extract information regarding the size, shape, and dielectric properties of these cells. According to recent studies, electrode configuration has a remarkable effect on detection accuracy, sensitivity, and throughput. With the improvement in microfabrication technology, various electrode configurations have been reported for improving detection accuracy and throughput. However, the various electrode configurations of MIC devices have not been reviewed. In this review, the theoretical background of the impedance technique for single-cell analysis is introduced. Then, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and liquid electrode configurations are discussed separately; their sensing mechanisms, fabrication processes, advantages, disadvantages, and applications are also described in detail. Finally, the current limitations and future perspectives of these electrode configurations are summarized. The main aim of this review is to offer a guide for researchers on the ongoing advancement in electrode configuration designs.Lipids differences between tumor and normal tissue have been proved to be of diagnostic and therapeutic significance. The research of lipidomics in tumor is more and more important. Mass spectrometry like matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) can be more convenient and informative for lipids researching in biological and clinical researches. Most of malignant tumors like glioblastoma are characterized by incomplete differentiation, so differentiation therapy has made important progress in tumor treatment. Lipid profiles changes after therapy are worthy investigating. In our study, glioblastoma cell line U87-MG cells were treated by inducers of sodium phenylbutyrate (SPB) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). The changes in lipids on cell membrane were profiled by MALDI-MS. The differentiation degree was assessed by cell proliferation, cell cycle, morphology and protein expression before MALDI-MS analysis. Comparing the inducer treated and untreated U87-MG cells, reduced proliferation rate, blocked cell cycle, benign nucleus morphology and changed expression of protein CD133 and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), were found after drug treatment. Moreover, the lipids of cell membrane presented distinguished differences in the drug treated cells. Most of the glycerophosphocholines (PC) with an increasing abundance are unsaturated PCs (PC (381), 816 m/z; PC (361), 788 m/z; PC (311), 725 m/z), and those decreasing are saturated PCs (PC (320), 734 m/z). These results provide the lipidomic differentiation which may be a significant guidance for evaluating the therapeutic effect of tumor therapy.In this study, a novel, fast, selective, and sensitive molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-based electrochemical sensor was developed to determine axitinib (AXI) at low concentrations in pharmaceutical dosage forms and human serum. Tranilast purchase The newly developed MIP-based sensor (MIP@o-PD/GCE) was designed through electropolymerization of functional monomer o-phenylenediamine (o-PD) in the presence of a template molecule AXI, on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) using cyclic voltammetry. Differential pulse voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques were employed for removal and rebinding processes, optimization of conditions, as well as for performance evaluation of MIP@o-PD/GCE using [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- as the redox probe. Under the optimum experimental conditions, MIP@o-PD/GCE shows a linear response toward AXI in a range of 1 × 10-13 M - 1 × 10-12 M. The limit of the detection value of MIP@o-PD/GCE was found as 0.027 pM while the limit of the quantification was obtained as 0.089 pM, respectively. To demonstrate the applicability and validity of the developed sensor, it was successfully applied to tablet dosage form and human serum sample. link2 The selectivity of the sensor was qualified by comparing the binding of AXI, erlotinib, dasatinib, nilotinib, and imatinib, which are similarly structured and in the same group of anticancer drugs. MIP@o-PD/GCE sensor showed a significant selectivity toward AXI. The non-imprinted polymer (NIP) based GCE was prepared and used to control the analytical performance of the MIP-based electrochemical sensor.Proteomics of human tissues and isolated cellular subpopulations create new opportunities for therapy and monitoring of a patients' treatment in the clinic. Important considerations in such analysis include recovery of adequate amounts of protein for analysis and reproducibility in sample collection. In this study we compared several protocols for proteomic sample preparation i) filter-aided sample preparation (FASP), ii) in-solution digestion (ISD) and iii) a pressure-assisted digestion (PCT) method. PCT method is known for already a decade [1], however it is not widely used in proteomic research. link3 We assessed protocols for proteome profiling of isolated immune cell subsets and formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. Our results show that the ISD method has very good efficiency of protein and peptide identification from the whole proteome, while the FASP method is particularly effective in identification of membrane proteins. Pressure-assisted digestion methods generally provide lower numbers of protein/peptide identifications, but have gained in popularity due to their shorter digestion time making them considerably faster than for ISD or FASP. Furthermore, PCT does not result in substantial sample loss when applied to samples of 50 000 cells. Analysis of FFPE tissues shows comparable results. ISD method similarly yields the highest number of identifications. Furthermore, proteins isolated from FFPE samples show a significant reduction of cleavages at lysine sites due to chemical modifications with formaldehyde-such as methylation (+14 Da) being among the most common. The data we present will be helpful for making decisions about the robust preparation of clinical samples for biomarker discovery and studies on pathomechanisms of various diseases.Photodynamic therapy (PDT) received great attention in cancer therapy due to the advantages of negligible drug resistance, low side effects, and minimal invasiveness. Development of theranostic nanoprobes with specific imaging-guided PDT is of great significance in the field. Herein we report the fabrication of a novel theranostic nanoprobe porphyrin/G-quadruplex conjugated gold/persistent luminescence nanocomposites for imaging-guided PDT. The developed nanoprobe contains NIR-emitting persistent luminescent nanoparticles (PLNP) as the core for autofluorescence-free bioimaging and Au coating on PLNP for facile subsequent DNA conjugation. The DNA sequence is designed to contain G-rich AS1411 aptamer for recognizing the over-expressed cellular nucleolin of cancer cell and forming a G-quadruplex structure to combine with tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) to realize PDT. The AS1411 aptamer-contained DNA conjugated Au-coated PLNP is rapidly prepared via a freezing method with high content of DNA and good aqueous stability. Meanwhile, TCPP is easily loaded into the G-quadruplex structure formed from G-rich AS1411 aptamer on the surface of Au/PLNP in presence of K+. The theranostic nanoprobe gives integrated merits of PLNP for autofluorescence-free bioimging, TCPP for PDT and AS1411 aptamer-contained DNA for specific binding to cancer cells. This work provides a new specially designed imaging-guided PDT nanoplatform for theranostics.