Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-miR-204-3p
RNA class
miRNA mature miRNA
Alias
hsa-miR-204 MIR204 MicroRNA 204
Location (GRCh38)
-
Forensic tag(s)
Tissue/body fluid identification Drug abuse diagnoses
External database
miRBase RNAcentral

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-miR-204-3p
Sequence length
21 nt
GC content
0.6190
Forensic Context

A study in human samples demonstrated that miR-204-3p was selected for kidney tissue identification, showing pronounced separation from liver, lung, skin, heart, and skeletal muscle (ΔΔCq >5) but exhibited expression similar to brain, which posed problems in mixtures and forensic-type samples [Sauer et al. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.02.002]. A study in mice demonstrated that the miR-204-3p is up-regulated in the nucleus accumbens of methamphetamine-sensitized animals and regulates Sema3A and Plxna4 [Xu et al. DOI:10.1007/S10571-023-01323-X].