Alfonso Giovane, Francesco Paolo Mancini, Claudio Napoli and Maria Luisa Balestrieri Pages 555 - 572 ( 18 )
Proteomics has unraveled important questions in the biology of cardiovascular disease and holds even greater promise for the development of novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. This approach may establish early detection strategies, and monitor responses to therapies. Technological advances (most notably blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, electrospray ionization, matrix- assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), analysis of MALDI-derived peptides in Time-of-Flight (TOF) analyzers, and multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT) and bioinformatics for data handling and interpretation allow a large-scale identification of peptide sequence and post-translational modifications. Moreover, combination of proteomic biomarkers with clinical phenotype, metabolite changes, and genetic haplotype information is promising for the physician assessment of individual cardiovascular risk profile.
mass spectrometry,two-dimensional gel electrophoresis,cardiovascular disease,Proteomics
, Department of General Pathology, Division of Clinical Pathology and Excellence Research Center on Cardiovascular Diseases,Complesso S. Andrea delle Dame, 1st School of Medicine, II University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.