Figure 5

Analysis of proteomic profiles in mouse serum using SELDI-TOF-MS. Serum samples from fasting wild-type (+m/+m) mice were loaded onto the spots of CM10 (a cationic exchanger, pH4) ProteinChip arrays. The spots were analyzed using the SELDI ProteinChip system on three different ranges: m/z 3000 – 10000, m/z 10000 – 20000 and m/z 20000 – 100000. The y-axis of the spectra indicates the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of protonated proteins, and the x-axis indicates the relative intensities of mass spectral signals. Note: The intensity of each peak is directly proportional to the amount of protein, but the peak intensities could not be comparable among the different proteins because of the difference in ionization.