ReviewBMB reports2016
Forensic DNA methylation profiling from evidence material for investigative leads.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The epigenetic clock as a predictor of disease and mortality risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical epigenetics · 2019Pooled it
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- DNA methylation-based multi-tissue age prediction model for blood, saliva, and buccal swab samples.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Molecular Age Estimation: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Cell-Specific DNA Methylation Markers in Plasma cfDNA Reveal Diagnostic Potential for Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of Cancer · 2026Article
- The association between phenotypic age acceleration and the risk of all-cause and cancer mortality among cancer survivors: NHANES 1999-2018.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Independent Avian Epigenetic Clocks for Ageing and Development.Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
- Genetic influence of the brain on epigenetic age acceleration: evidence of a large-scale genetic correlation study.Biogerontology · 2025Article
- Forensic skeletal and molecular anthropology face to face: Combining expertise for identification of human remains.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
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- Associations between five indicators of epigenetic age acceleration and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US adults aged 50 years and older.Clinical epigenetics · 2025Article
- Atrial myocyte senescence as a driver of atrial fibrillation: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Epigenetic Mechanisms, Assessment and Therapeutics of Epidermal Stem Cells in Skin Aging.Stem cells international · 2025Review
- Effects of walking on epigenetic age acceleration: a Mendelian randomization study.Clinical epigenetics · 2024Article
- Adding intrinsically disordered proteins to biological ageing clocks.Nature cell biology · 2024Review
- Biologically informed deep learning for explainable epigenetic clocks.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Age-associated DNA methylation changes inEpigenetics · 2023Article
- Common Ground between Biological Rhythms and Forensics.Biology · 2022Review
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- Effect of metformin on the epigenetic age of peripheral blood in patients with diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
DNA methylation is emerging as an attractive marker providing investigative leads to solve crimes in forensic genetics. The identification of body fluids that utilizes tissue-specific DNA methylation can contribute to solving crimes by predicting activity related to the evidence material. The age estimation based on DNA methylation is expected to reduce the number of potential suspects, when the DNA profile from the evidence does not match with any known person, including those stored in the forensic database. Moreover, the variation in DNA implicates environmental exposure, such as cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption, thereby suggesting the possibility to be used as a marker for predicting the lifestyle of potential suspect. In this review, we describe recent advances in our understanding of DNA methylation variations and the utility of DNA methylation as a forensic marker for advanced investigative leads from evidence materials. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(7): 359-369].
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