Part I. Fundamentals
1. DIGE: Past and Future
Jonathan S. Minden
2. The Basics of 2D DIGE
Phil Beckett
3. Multifluorescence 2D Gel Imaging and Image Analysis
Ingo Vormbrock, Sonja Hartwig, and Stefan Lehr
4. Assessing Signal-to-Noise in Quantitative Proteomics: Multivariate Statistical Analysis in DIGE Experiments
David B. Friedman
5. Analysis of Proteins Using DIGE and MALDI Mass Spectrometry
Witold M. Winnik, Robert M. DeKroon, Joseph S. Y. Jeong, Mihaela Mocanu, Jennifer B. Robinette, Christina Osorio, Nedyalka N. Dicheva, Eric Hamlett, and Oscar Alzate
6. Synthesis and Validation of Cyanin-Based Dyes for DIGE
Michael E. Jung, Wan-Joong Kim, Nuraly K. Avliyakulov, Merve Oztug, and Michael J. Haykinson
Part II. Methods
7. 2D DIGE Saturation Labeling for Minute Sample Amounts
Georg J. Arnold and Thomas Fröhlich
8. Proteomic Analysis of Redox-Dependent Changes Using Cysteine-Labeling 2D DIGE
Hong-Lin Chan, John Sinclair, and John F. Timms
9. Analysis of Protein Post-Translational Modifications Using DIGE-Based Proteomics
Robert M. DeKroon, Jennifer B. Robinette, Cristina Osorio, Joseph S. Y. Jeong, Eric Hamlett, Mihaela Mocanu, and Oscar Alzate
10. Comparative Analyses of Protein Complexes by Blue Native DIGE
Katrin Peters and Hans-Peter Braun
11. 2D DIGE Analysis of Protein Extracts from Muscle Tissue
Cecilia Gelfi and Sara De Palma
12. Combination of Highly Efficient Hexapeptide Ligand Library-Based Sample Preparation with 2D DIGE for the Analysis of the Hidden Human Serum/Plasma Proteome
Sonja Hartwig and Stefan Lehr
13. 2D DIGE Analysis of Serum after Fractionation by ProteoMinerTM Beads
Cynthia Liang, Gek San Tan, and Maxey C. M. Chung
14. Study Design in DIGE-Based Biomarker Discovery
Alexandra Graf and Rudolf Oehler
15. Comparative 2D DIGE Analysis of the Depleted Serum Proteome for Biomarker Discovery
Megan Penno, Matthias Ernst, and Peter Hoffman
Part III. Applications in Clinical Proteomics
16. Differential Gel-Based Proteomic Approach for Cancer Biomarker Discovery Using Human Plasma
Keun Na, Min-Jung Lee, Hye-Jin Jeong, Hoguen Kim, and Young-Ki Paik
17. 2D DIGE for the Analysis of RAMOS Cells Sub-Proteomes
Marisol Fernández and Juan Pablo Albar
18. Application of Saturation Labeling in Lung Cancer Proteomics
Gereon Poschmann, Barbara Sitek, Bence Sipos, and Kai Stühler
19. Proteomic Profiling of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Using 2D DIGE
Rommel A. Mathias, Hong Ji, and Richard J. Simpson
20. Method for Protein Subfractionation of Cardiovascular Tissues before DIGE Analysis
Athanasios Didangelos, Xiaoke Yin, and Manuel Mayr
21. Application of DIGE and Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Mouse Models
Celia Smith, Davinia Mills, and Rainer Cramer
22. Evaluating the Efficacy of Subcellular Fractionation of Blast Cells Using Live Cell Labeling and 2D DIGE
Yin Ying Ho, Megan Penno, Michelle Perugini, Ian Lewis, and Peter Hoffman
Part IV. Applications in Animal, Plant and Microbial Proteomics
23. DIGE Analysis of Plant Tissue Proteomes Using a Phenolic Protein Extraction Method
Christina Rode, Traud Winkelmann, Hans-Peter Br