Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-miR-221-5p
RNA class
miRNA mature miRNA
Alias
hsa-miR-221 MIR221 MicroRNA 221
Location (GRCh38)
-
Forensic tag(s)
Cause of death analysis
External database
miRBase RNAcentral

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-miR-221-5p
Sequence length
22 nt
GC content
0.3636
Forensic Context

A study in humans identified hsa-miR-221-5p as differentially expressed in serum exosomes, where it was upregulated in sepsis compared to septic shock [Li et al. DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-89946-6]. In human skin research, the miR-221-5p was downregulated in burn hypertrophic scar tissue compared to normal skin [Siu et al. DOI:10.1111/wrr.13100].