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Thus, the aim of this pilot study was to explore the N-glycosylation pattern differences in malignant, adjacent mucosal and healthy tissues in the context of OSCC. Oral mucosal soft tissue samples was obtained by incisional biopsy from five patients with OSCC, both from the malignant and the opposite healthy gingival sides, and from seven age-sex-matched healthy controls. The collected tissues were homogenized, followed by N-glycan profiling of the endoglycosidase-released and fluorophore-labeled carbohydrates using capillary electrophoresis with ultra-sensitive laser-induced fluorescent detection (CE-LIF). Six out of the twenty-two identified N-glycan structures, including glycogens, showed significant (p &lt; 0.05) differences between the malignant tissue samples of the OSCC patients and the healthy controls. Comparing the healthy and the positive control oral mucosal samples, differences in four N-glycan structures were revealed, while only one alteration was observed between the N-glycan profiles of the malignant tumor and positive control samples. However, the results are presented descriptively, reflecting the limited sample size of the pilot study, it shows the potential of high-resolution CE-LIF-based glyocoanalytical protocol to be highly efficient and sensitive for glycobiomarker-based molecular diagnostics of oral malignant lesions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms27020740","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,12]],"date-time":"2026-01-12T09:13:01Z","timestamp":1768209181000},"page":"740","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Analysis of Soft Tissue N-Glycome Profiles in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Eniko","family":"Gebri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kinga","family":"Hogyor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Translational Glycomics Group, Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprem, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0135-739X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adrienne","family":"Szabo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7838-082X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andras","family":"Guttman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Translational Glycomics Group, Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprem, Hungary"},{"name":"Horv\u00e1th Csaba Memorial Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1002\/cac2.12009","article-title":"Global and regional burdens of oral cancer from 1990 to 2017: Results from the global burden of disease study","volume":"40","author":"Ren","year":"2020","journal-title":"Cancer Commun."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105451","DOI":"10.1016\/j.oraloncology.2021.105451","article-title":"Overview of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Risk factors, mechanisms, and diagnostics","volume":"121","author":"Chamoli","year":"2021","journal-title":"Oral. 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