TY - JOUR
T1 - Immunolabeling and the compatibility with a variety of fingermark development techniques
AU - van Dam, Annemieke
AU - Aalders, Maurice C. G.
AU - de Puit, Marcel
AU - Gorré, Shermayne M.
AU - Irmak, Dilber
AU - van Leeuwen, Ton G.
AU - Lambrechts, Saskia A. G.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Much information can be obtained from the chemical composition of a fingermark, which can be helpful in crime scene investigation. Immunolabeling can be used to extract information about the donor of the fingermark and it can also act as a fingermark development tool in sequence with the standard fingermark development techniques. However, before immunolabeling can be used in forensic practice more information on the possibilities and limitations of this technique is required. In this study, our aim was to investigate if immunolabeling is compatible with standard development protocols (indanedione-zinc, indanedione-zinc followed by ninhydrin spraying, physical developer, cyanoacrylate fuming, cyanoacrylate followed by basic yellow staining, lumicyanoacrylate fuming and polycyanoacrylate fuming). Immunolabeling was carried out successfully on all developed fingermarks, whereby dermcidin was selected as antigen of interest. We can conclude that immunolabeling is compatible with a wide variety of different fingermark developers. This finding in combination with previous findings, makes immunolabeling an interesting technique, which can be of great value in the forensic field. (C) 2014 The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
AB - Much information can be obtained from the chemical composition of a fingermark, which can be helpful in crime scene investigation. Immunolabeling can be used to extract information about the donor of the fingermark and it can also act as a fingermark development tool in sequence with the standard fingermark development techniques. However, before immunolabeling can be used in forensic practice more information on the possibilities and limitations of this technique is required. In this study, our aim was to investigate if immunolabeling is compatible with standard development protocols (indanedione-zinc, indanedione-zinc followed by ninhydrin spraying, physical developer, cyanoacrylate fuming, cyanoacrylate followed by basic yellow staining, lumicyanoacrylate fuming and polycyanoacrylate fuming). Immunolabeling was carried out successfully on all developed fingermarks, whereby dermcidin was selected as antigen of interest. We can conclude that immunolabeling is compatible with a wide variety of different fingermark developers. This finding in combination with previous findings, makes immunolabeling an interesting technique, which can be of great value in the forensic field. (C) 2014 The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2014.06.005
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2014.06.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25278198
SN - 1355-0306
VL - 54
SP - 356
EP - 362
JO - Science & Justice
JF - Science & Justice
IS - 5
ER -