Molecular approaches for forensic cell type identification: on mRNA, miRNA, DNA methylation and microbial markers

T Sijen - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2015 - Elsevier
Human biological traces have the potential to present strong evidence for placing a suspect
at a crime scene. In cases, the activity that led to deposition of an individual's cellular …

Differentiation of five body fluids from forensic samples by expression analysis of four microRNAs using quantitative PCR

E Sauer, AK Reinke, C Courts - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2016 - Elsevier
Applying molecular genetic approaches for the identification of forensically relevant body
fluids, which often yield crucial information for the reconstruction of a potential crime, is a …

Evaluating the forensic application of 19 target microRNAs as biomarkers in body fluid and tissue identification

M Sirker, R Fimmers, PM Schneider, I Gomes - Forensic Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
RNA‐based body fluid and tissue identification has evolved as a promising and reliable new
technique to classify type and source of biological evidence in crime cases. In particular …

A systematic analysis of miRNA markers and classification algorithms for forensic body fluid identification

Y Liu, H He, ZX Xiao, A Ji, J Ye, Q Sun… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Identifying the types of body fluids left at the crime scene can be essential to reconstructing
the crime scene and inferring criminal behavior. MicroRNA (miRNA) molecule extracted from …

A capillary electrophoresis method for identifying forensically relevant body fluids using miRNAs

C Mayes, S Seashols-Williams, S Hughes-Stamm - Legal Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Body fluid identification (BFID) can provide crucial information during the course of an
investigation. In recent years, microRNAs (miRNAs) have shown considerable body fluid …

Screening and confirmation of microRNA markers for distinguishing between menstrual and peripheral blood

Z Li, P Bai, D Peng, H Wang, Y Guo, Y Jiang… - Forensic Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The identification of menstrual blood (MB) and peripheral blood (PB) left at a crime scene is
crucial for crime reconstruction, especially in sexual assaults. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class …

Advances in body fluid identification: MiRNA markers as powerful tool

M Hamza, D Sankhyan, S Shukla, P Pandey - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Body fluids are one of the most encountered types of evidence in any crime and are
commonly used for identifying a person's identity. In addition to these, they are also useful in …

Facile semi-automated forensic body fluid identification by multiplex solution hybridization of NanoString® barcode probes to specific mRNA targets

P Danaher, RL White, EK Hanson… - Forensic Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
A DNA profile from the perpetrator does not reveal, per se, the circumstances by which it was
transferred. Body fluid identification by mRNA profiling may allow extraction of contextual …

Old meets new: comparative examination of conventional and innovative RNA-based methods for body fluid identification of laundered seminal fluid stains after …

G Kulstein, U Schacker, P Wiegand - Forensic Science International …, 2018 - Elsevier
The knowledge about the type of the body fluid/tissue that contributed to a trace can provide
contextual insight into crime scene reconstruction and connect a suspect or a victim to a …

A multi-class support vector machine classification model based on 14 microRNAs for forensic body fluid identification

S Li, J Liu, W Xu, S Zhang, M Zhao, L Miao… - Forensic Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are promising biomarkers for forensic body fluid identification owing to
their small size, stability against degradation, and differential expression patterns. However …