massMatchR: a Shiny application for glycomics mass spectrometry data analysis.
massMatchR automates glycan identification and semi-quantitative analysis in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, enhancing efficiency for large-scale glycomics studies.
- Why it matters: Accurate and automated glycan analysis is essential for advancing glycomics research, yet existing tools lack streamlined solutions for data interpretation and quantification, hindering progress.
- What they did: The software maps m/z values from preprocessed MALDI-TOF datasets to user-defined glycan databases, providing visual and tabular outputs, and supports data export and relative intensity-based comparisons across samples.
- The result: massMatchR enables fast, reproducible, and customizable glycan analysis, facilitating large-scale studies and detailed semi-quantitative evaluation, thereby advancing glycomics research capabilities.