| AAL | orange peel fungus Aleuria aurantia lectin |
| AAV | ANCA (anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)-associated vasculitis |
| ADPKD | autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
| AIA | Artocarpus integrifolia agglutinin |
| AMBP | alpha-1-microglobulin/bikunin precursor |
| ANCA | anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies |
| AZU1 | azurocidin 1 |
| circRNA | circulating RNAs |
| CKD | chronic kidney diseases |
| CoA | Canavalia ensiformis lectin |
| DBA | horse gram Dolichos biflorus agglutinin |
| DC | differential centrifugation |
| DGC | density gradient centrifugation |
| DMJ | deoxymannojirymycin |
| EEA | spindle tree Euonymus europaeus agglutinin |
| ENT | ear, nose and throat |
| EPS | expressed prostatic secretions |
| ESI | electron spray ionization |
| EVs | extracellular vesicles |
| EVTRAP | total extracellular vesicles recovery and purification |
| EXO | exosomes |
| ExoTIC | exosome total isolation chip |
| Fuc | fucose |
| FUT8 | α-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase |
| GAGs | glycosaminoglycans |
| Gal | galactose |
| GalNAc | N-acetylgalactosamine |
| GALNT3 | N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 |
| GC | gas chromatography |
| GD | gangliosides |
| GD1 | ganglioside 1 |
| GIP-IL-12 | glycolipid-anchored-IL-12 |
| GlcNAc | N-acetyloglucosamine |
| GnT-III | N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III |
| GnT-V | N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V |
| GS-I-B4 | Griffonia/Bandeiraea (Griffonia simplicifolia/Bandeiraea simplicifolia) lectin-I |
| iMAGE | integrated magnetic analysis of glycans in extracellular vesicles platform |
| ITGA3 | integrin α3 |
| LC | liquid chromatography |
| LCA | lentil Lens culinaris lectin |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry |
| L-exo | large exosomes |
| MAA | Maackia amurensis agglutinin |
| MALDI-TOF | matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| Man | mannose |
| M-exo | medium exosomes |
| MPA | osage orange Maclura pomifera agglutinin |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| MUCs | mucins |
| MVBs | multivesicular bodies |
| NPA | daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus lectin |
| PA-I | Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin |
| PAP | prostatic acid phosphatase |
| PHA-E | red kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinin |
| PHA-L | red kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin |
| PNA | peanut Arachis hypogaea agglutinin |
| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| PTMs | post-translational modifications |
| RCA | castor bean Ricinus communis agglutinin |
| SEC | size-exclusion chromatography |
| S-exo | small exosomes |
| Sial | sialic acid |
| SNA | Sambucus nigra agglutinin |
| STA | potato Solanum tuberosum agglutinin |
| tPSA | urinary total PSA |
| UC | ultracentrifugation |
| UEA-I | Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I |
| UGM | urinary glycoprofile marker |
| VVA | hairy vetch Vicia villosa agglutinin |
| WGA | wheat germ Triticum vulgaris agglutinin |