By Jian-Ying Zhang, Kok Sun Looi, Eng M. Tan (auth.), Michael A. Tainsky (eds.)
Through numerous mechanisms, melanoma cells give you the biomarker fabric which could bring about their very own detection, which then supplies clinicians the chance for non-invasive physique fluid and tissue research capable of point out the presence of tumors or the extent of tumor burden. In Tumor Biomarker Discovery: equipment and Protocols, specialists within the box current particular chapters concerned about the use and improvement of panels of biomarker analytes whereas protecting matters reminiscent of nucleic acids and protein-based applied sciences, metabolic profiling via analytic ability or spectroscopy, in addition to examine designs for biomarker discovery and validation. Written within the hugely winning Methods in Molecular Biology™ sequence layout, chapters contain short introductions to the subjects, lists of the mandatory fabrics or reagents, step by step laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and heading off recognized pitfalls.
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The purpose of this chapter is to give detailed instructions on how to use the method in practice, along with the latest protocol enhancements. The description of this method will be presented in three sections (1) chemical derivatization of the glycans on the capture antibodies; (2) sample preparation; and (3) processing the microarrays. Fig. 1. The detection of glycans on proteins captured by antibody arrays. The drawing depicts antibodies immobilized on a planar surface. The glycans on the antibodies are derivatized to prevent lectin binding; a sample is incubated on the antibody array; proteins are captured by the antibodies; biotinylated lectins bind to the glycans on the captured proteins; and the level of bound lectin is determined by scanning for fluorescence from streptavidin-B-phycoerythrin.