Next Generation of Mass Spectrometry Imaging: from Micrometer to Subcellular Resolution.

Chem Biomed Imaging

State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.

Published: November 2023


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Developing an imaging method with micrometer-to-subcellular resolution is of great significance for visualizing biological samples of different sizes. The label-free and high-throughput mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology has shown potential in the implementation of this view. Despite many improvements in MSI witnessed over the past decades, it remains a challenge to achieve a flexible resolution from micrometer down to subcellular level with high detection sensitivity. In this Perspective, we focus on the recent development of MSI techniques based on different ionization resources. Furthermore, several designs of instruments and applications in bioimaging have been reviewed and compared. Additionally, we proposed the perspectives and challenges for MSI methods, including pursuing the matrix free and multiscale resolution with high detection sensitivity and deeply combining machine learning in omics research.

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