“…All LC-ESI-MSMS analysis was based on the Triple TOF 5600 system (SCIEX, Framingham, MA, United States) fitted with a Nanospray III source (SCIEX, Framingham, MA, United States), and a pulled quartz tip as the emitter (New Objectives, Woburn, MA, United States). The IQuant software was used to conduct protein identification, tag impurity correction, data normalization, missing value imputation, protein ratio calculation, statistical analysis, and results presentation for iTRAQ (Wen et al, 2014). The three samples went through a batch of machine tests.…”