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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mass Spectrom Rev. 2022 Feb 4;42(2):887–917. doi: 10.1002/mas.21771

Table 3.

The strengths and weaknesses of various glycopeptide quantitation methodsa.

Glycopeptide Quantitation Method Sensitivity Precision Throughput Sample Prep Simplicity MS Acquisition Method Simplicity Data Simplicity
MS1 Level Label Free - ++ ++ ++++ +++++ +++++ ++++
Label- Based Label on the Peptide ++ +++ ++++ + +++++ +++
SILAC Labeling ++ +++ ++++ + +++++ +++
Label on the Glycan ++ +++ ++++ + +++++ +++
Isotope-Tagged Cleavable Linker ++ +++ ++++ + +++++ +++
MS/MS Level Non-Targeted TMT/iTRAQ Label-Based Approach ++ +++++ +++ + +++++ ++++
MSE Approach + + + +++++ +++++ +
DIA Approach ++++ ++++ +++++ +++++ ++++ +
Targeted MRM Approach +++++ ++ +++++ +++++ ++ +++++
PRM Approach ++++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ ++
a.

More “+” marks indicate better performance.