Forensic Context

A study in Göttingen minipigs (Sus scrofa domestica) demonstrated that the mir-374b was consistently down-regulated across all post-lethal total body irradiation phases, identifying it as an early marker of radiation exposure [Chakraborty et al. DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-45250-9]. In human male infertility research, the mir-374b (miR-374b) was found to be down-regulated in the seminal plasma of azoospermia patients and up-regulated in asthenozoospermia patients, showing diagnostic potential with AUC values of 0.839 and 0.813, respectively [Doghish et al. DOI:10.1007/s00210-024-03594-7].