The quality control and standardization of surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

As the advanced technology of proteomics, the surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry(SELDI-TOF-MS)has great potential in clinical application for it′s technological features.Whether it can be applied in clinical trials depends on the quality control and standardization of the technology.In the article, we introduced and discussed the following aspects of the issue.1) quality controlling before sample being analyzed, including the collection and preparation of samples, the selection and conservation of reagents, the calibration and attendance of laboratory apparatus;2) quality controlling during the assay, that is, the validation and analysis of the experimental result;3) the standardization of the continued data handling and analyzing, including the standardization of the analyzed data′s nature, the selection and standardization of the data′s analyzing methods, the system evaluation of the whole SELDI-TOF-MS technological system.