“…Although antibodies raised against glycan moieties can detect glycans on glycoproteins with higher affinity and specificity as compared to lectins, ,, their application in direct glycoprofiling of proteins is questionable due to their limited commercial availability . However, when available, they can be effective in early cancer detection. ,, Most importantly, carbohydrate arrays can assist in finding novel glycan specificities of already utilized antibodies and lectins. ,− Because lectins are almost exclusively applied in direct glycoprofiling of glycoproteins, details about their integration into EC formats of detection will be discussed in the forthcoming sections.…”