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mask low-quantity prote<strong>in</strong>s that may be important biomarkers for the disease studied.<br />

To overcome this type of drawback immunodepletion and multidimensional<br />

chromatography may be a reasonable solution (Cho et al., 2005). Through sample<br />

purification, low-quantity prote<strong>in</strong>s may be lost due to <strong>in</strong>teractions with other high-<br />

quantity prote<strong>in</strong>s; therefore, all steps of purification must be analyzed. Sample<br />

collection, process<strong>in</strong>g, and, ultimately, sample measurement are also very crucial for the<br />

utilization of prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> many cl<strong>in</strong>ical sett<strong>in</strong>gs. Consistency, use of strict<br />

protocols, runn<strong>in</strong>g replicates for each sample, and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the sample count can be a<br />

general solution to elim<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g such drawbacks. Other obstacles to the use of techniques<br />

<strong>in</strong> prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g can be ascribed to poor resolution of spots after 2D PAGE, non-<br />

identification of mass spectrometry peaks, and the limitations of databanks for unknown<br />

prote<strong>in</strong>s. The advantages and disadvantages of the techniques used for prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g<br />

are summarized <strong>in</strong> Table 2.2.<br />

Table 2.2. Advantages and disadvantages of prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g techniques<br />

(Source: Twyman, 2004; Mohamed et al., 2011)<br />

Techniques Advantages Disadvantages<br />

Usage of Cell L<strong>in</strong>es<br />

and<br />

Prote<strong>in</strong> Extraction<br />

from Cells<br />

Two Dimensional<br />

Gel<br />

Electrophoresis<br />

(2D PAGE)<br />

MALDI-TOF Mass<br />

Spectrometry<br />

Renewable,<br />

Limitless self-replicat<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Predisposition towards gene<br />

manipulation,<br />

Low cost.<br />

High resolution,<br />

Quantitative,<br />

Qualitative,<br />

Sample variety (cell l<strong>in</strong>es<br />

and body fluids),<br />

Many prote<strong>in</strong> analyses <strong>in</strong> a<br />

s<strong>in</strong>gle run.<br />

Fast,<br />

Buffer / salt tolerance,<br />

Off-l<strong>in</strong>e,<br />

Mass accuracy,<br />

Mixture of samples okay,<br />

Small and large<br />

polypeptide analysis.<br />

Subpopulation formation,<br />

Sample contam<strong>in</strong>ation,<br />

Prote<strong>in</strong> degradation,<br />

Extraction of membrane<br />

prote<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

Slow,<br />

Lacks automation,<br />

Poor reproducibility,<br />

Labor <strong>in</strong>tensive,<br />

Tedious procedure,<br />

Requires a significant<br />

quantity of sample,<br />

Lacks sensitivity for lowquantity<br />

prote<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

Limited databank<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation,<br />

Limited resolution of<br />

peaks,<br />

Low dynamic range of<br />

detection.<br />

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