Research Article

The Exploration of Peptide Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Figure 2

2D peak distribution view of peptides with 917 Da (-axis) and 4469 Da (-axis) between malignant pleural effusion (red cross) and tuberculosis pleural effusion (green circle) in training set by ClinProTools software V2.1. 917 Da and 4469 Da are the most significant different peaks in MPE and TPE. The coordinate scale stands for peptide abundance ratio and the two circled areas are the standard deviation of the class average of peak area.