AGP preparations were purified from serum samples (n = 10) by an AGP-prep-DOCK26 (link). N-Glycans of AGP and labeled N-glycans of AGP were prepared and purified as described previously26 (link) using PNGase F (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN) and BlotGlyco (Sumitomo Bakelite, Co., Tokyo, Japan). Mass spectrometric data were obtained using a MALDI-TOF/TOF ultrafleXtreme (Bruker) and all the primary structures of AGP glycans were assigned with the aid of the AGPAS software25 (link),26 (link). The relative abundance of α1,3fucosylated tri- and tetraantennary glycans in AGP was defined as FUCAGP26 (link).
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