Advances and Future Perspective of Mass Spectrometry Analysis in Proteomics

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last decade mass spectrometry technology has become an essential tool for proteomics research, and has been applied to a very wide range of areas such as protein profiling, protein identification and quantification, protein–protein interaction study, and post-translational modification characterization. Bottom-up (analysis of proteolytic peptide mixtures) and top-down (analysis of intact proteins) mass-spectrometry-based proteomics are the workhorse approaches to identify and characterize protein isoforms and post-translational modifications using a wide variety of sample types (i.e., cells, tissues, biofluids, food samples). A great deal of attention is paid to spatial proteomics, using mass spectrometry imaging approaches, which has paved the way for mapping the spatial localization of proteins maintaining tissue integrity, revolutionizing biomarker discovery. The phenomenal impact of mass-spectrometry-based proteomics on every field of research (from clinical study to forensic research, from environmental analysis to food analysis) is reflected in a continuous demand for novel sample preparation strategies and innovative workflow of analysis, and of statistical approaches able to process and interpret such big complex data sets.

In this context, it is a great pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Molecules, which will cover the latest research trends and applications in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics, with full papers and communications describing original work as well as review articles. For review articles, a brief summary is required as a preliminary step to avoid overlapping topics.

Prof. Dr. Fulvio Magni
Dr. Marco Gaspari
Dr. Isabella Piga
Guest Editors

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