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These O-glycans were suc-cessfully printed onto epoxy glass slides as an O-glycome shotgun microarray. We used this novel array to explore binding activity of serum IgM in healthy person and NSCLC patients at different cancer stages. This novel strategy provides access to complex O-glycans in signifi-cant quantities and may offer a new route to discovery of potential diagnostic disease biomarkers.Phosphotyrosine (pTyr) signaling complexes are important resources of biomarkers and drug targets which often need to be profiled with enough throughput. Current profiling approaches are not feasible to meet this need due to either biased profiling by antibody-based detection or low throughput by traditional affinity purification-mass spectrometry approach (AP-MS), as exemplified by our previously developed photo-pTyr-scaffold approach. To address these limitations, we developed a 96-well microplate-based sample preparation and fast data independent proteomic analysis workflow. By assembling the photo-pTyr-scaffold probe into a 96-well microplate, we achieved steric hindrance-free photoaffinity capture of pTyr signaling complexes, selective enrichment under denaturing conditions, and efficient in-well digestion in a fully integrated manner. EGFR signaling complex proteins could be efficiently captured and identified by using 300 times less cell lysate and 100 times less photo-pTyr-scaffold probe as compared with our previous approach operated in an Eppendorf tube. Furthermore, the lifetime of the photo-pTyr-scaffold probe in a 96-well microplate was significantly extended from 1 week up to 1 month. More importantly, by combining with high-flow nano LC separation and data independent acquisition on the Q Exactive HF-X mass spectrometer, LC-MS time could be significantly reduced to only 35 min per sample without increasing sample loading amount and compromising identification and quantification performance. This new high-throughput proteomic approach allowed us to rapidly and reproducibly profile dynamic pTyr signaling complexes with EGF stimulation at five time points and EGFR inhibitor treatment at five different concentrations. We are therefore optimized for its generic application in biomarkers discovery and drug screening in a high-throughput fashion.Numerous engineering efforts have been made in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells for high level production of therapeutic proteins. However, the dynamic regulation of transgene expression is limited in current systems. Here, we investigated the effective regulation of transgene expression in CHO cells via targeted integration-based endogenous gene tagging with engineering target genes. Selleckchem Saracatinib Targeted integration of EGFP-human Bcl-2 into the p21 locus effectively reduced the apoptosis, compared with random populations in which Bcl-2 expression was driven by cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Endogenous p21 and EGFP-human Bcl-2 displayed similar expression dynamics in batch cultures, and the antiapoptotic effect altered the expression pattern of endogenous p21 showing the mutual influences between expression of p21 and Bcl-2. We further demonstrated the inducible transgene expression by adding low concentrations of hydroxyurea. The present engineering strategy will provide a valuable CHO cell engineering tool that can be used to control dynamic transgene expression in accordance with cellular states.How to fabricate Au nanostructures conveniently on microstructured/nanostructured arrays surface with low cost has become a crucial and urgent challenge. In this study, we demonstrate hierarchical flowerlike Au nanostructures with rich nanothorns (HF-AuNTs) through one-step electrochemical deposition. The morphology of the HF-AuNTs is easily manipulated by controlling the applied potential or precursor solution concentration of electrodeposition. The as-prepared HF-AuNTs possessing unique local morphology of thin petals and dense thorns are further applied in the Si micropit arrays to acquire HF-AuNTs microarrays. As an initial detection, these HF-AuNTs microarrays exhibit a fascinating surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy consistency (relative standard deviation is 7.17%) and sensitivity with the limitation of crystal violet reaching to 10-10 M, and Rhodamine 6G reaching to 10-11 M. The HF-AuNTs microarrays with well-defined shape and elaborate structure may be applicated in SERS substrates, superhydrophobic materials, and so on.Global demand of green and clean energy is increasing day by day owing to the ongoing developments by human race that are changing the face of the earth at a rate faster than ever. Exploring the alternative sources of energy to replace fossil fuel consumption has become even more vital to control the growing concentration of CO2, and reduction of CO2 into CO or other useful hydrocarbons (e.g. C1 and C≥2 products) as well as reduction of N2 into ammonia can greatly help in this regard. Various materials are developed for the reduction of CO2 and N2. The introduction of pores in these materials by porosity engineering is demonstrated highly effective in increasing the efficiency of the involved redox reactions, over 40% increment for CO2 reduction up to date, by providing increased number of exposed facets, kinks, edges and catalytic active sites of catalysts. By shaping the surface porous structure, selectivity of redox reaction can also be enhanced. In order to better understand this area benefiting rational design for future solutions, this review systematically summarized and constructively discussed the porosity engineering in catalytic materials, including various synthesis methods, characterization on porous materials and the effects of porosity on performance of CO2 reduction and N2 reduction.The sensing modules for analyzing miRNAs or the endonucleases consist of tetrahedra functionalized with three different fluorophore-quencher pairs in spatially quenched configurations and hairpin units acting as recognition elements for the analytes. Three different miRNAs (miRNA-21, miRNA-221, and miRNA-155) or three different endonucleases (Nt.BbvCI, EcoRI, and HindIII) uncage the respective hairpins, leading to the switched-on fluorescence of the respective fluorophores and to the multiplex detection of the respective analytes. In addition, a tetrahedron module for the multiplexed analysis of aptamer ligand complexes (ligands = ATP, thrombin, VEGF) is introduced. The module includes edges modified with three spatially separated fluorophore-quencher pairs that were stretched by the respective aptamer strands to yield a switched-on fluorescent state. Formation of the respective aptamer ligands reconfigures the edges into fluorophore-quenched caged-hairpin structures that enable the multiplexed analysis of the aptamer-ligand complexes.