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ArticleForensic sciences research2018

RNA-seq profiling reveals differentially expressed genes as potential markers for vital reaction in skin contusion: a pilot study.

Jingtao Xu, Rui Zhao, Ye Xue, Huanqin Xiao, Yanliang Sheng, Dong Zhao, Jietao He, Hongyan Huang, Qi Wang, Huijun Wang

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Article in Forensic sciences research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jingtao XuDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Rui ZhaoDepartment of Forensic Pathology, China Medical University School of Forensic Medicine, Shenyang, China.
Ye XueDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Huanqin XiaoDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8674-4542
Yanliang ShengDepartment of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.
Dong ZhaoCollaborativeInnovation Center of Judicial Civilization, China and Key Laboratory of Evidence Science, China University of Political Science and Law, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Jietao HeDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hongyan HuangDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Qi WangDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1556-2167
Huijun WangDepartment of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Mecicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Southern Medical University · CNChina Medical University · CNChina University of Political Science and Law · CNJiamusi University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of the vitality of wounds is essential in forensic practice. The present study used Illumina RNA-seq technology to determine gene expression profiles in contused mouse skin. In obtained high quality sequencing reads, the reads were mapped onto a reference transcriptome (Mus_musculus.GRCm38.83). The results revealed that there were 659 up-regulated and 996 down-regulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in contused mouse skin. The DEGs were further analyzed using the Gene Ontology and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes databases. Genes from different functional categories and signalling pathways were enriched, including the immune system process, immune response, defense response, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, complement and coagulation cascades and chemokine signalling pathway. Expression patterns of 11 DEGs were verified by RT-qPCR in mice skins. In addition, alterations of five DEGs were also analyzed in postmortem human wound samples. The results were in concordance with the results of RNA-seq. These findings suggest that RNA-seq is a powerful tool to reveal DEGs as potential markers for vital reaction in terms of forensic practices.

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differentially expressed genesForensic pathologyRNA-seqskin contusionvital reaction

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