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ReviewACS measurement science au2024

Nanospray Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging (nano-DESI MSI): A Tutorial Review.

Mushfeqa Iqfath, Syeda Nazifa Wali, Sara Amer, Emerson Hernly, Julia Laskin

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Review in ACS measurement science au, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Single-Cell Protein Assays in Context: From 2D to 3D and In Situ Analysis.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2026
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  9. Deep Ultraviolet Laser Ablation Electrospray Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2026
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  12. Ambient ionization mass spectrometry in brain cancer diagnosis.Journal of mass spectrometry and advances in the clinical lab · 2025
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  13. Spatial Multiomics Toward Understanding Neurological Systems.Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mushfeqa IqfathDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-3799
Syeda Nazifa WaliDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Sara AmerDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Emerson HernlyDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6374-3761
Julia LaskinDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-9644

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nano-DESI) is a liquid-based ambient mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technique that enables visualization of analyte distributions in biological samples down to cellular-level spatial resolution. Since its inception, significant advancements have been made to the nano-DESI experimental platform to facilitate molecular imaging with high throughput, deep molecular coverage, and spatial resolution better than 10 μm. The molecular selectivity of nano-DESI MSI has been enhanced using new data acquisition strategies, the development of separation and online derivatization approaches for isobar separation and isomer-selective imaging, and the optimization of the working solvent composition to improve analyte extraction and ionization efficiency. Furthermore, nano-DESI MSI research has underscored the importance of matrix effects and established normalization methods for accurately measuring concentration gradients in complex biological samples. This tutorial offers a comprehensive guide to nano-DESI experiments, detailing fundamental principles and data acquisition and processing methods and discussing essential operational parameters.

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PMID39430971
PMCPMC11487661

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