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The Compatibility of Fingerprint Visualization Techniques with Immunolabeling
Author(s) -
Dam Annemieke,
Aalders Maurice C. G.,
Leeuwen Ton G.,
Lambrechts Saskia A. G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12147
Subject(s) - immunolabeling , nitrocellulose , visualization , fingerprint (computing) , ninhydrin , computer science , materials science , chemistry , artificial intelligence , biology , membrane , biochemistry , immunohistochemistry , amino acid , immunology
The chemical composition of a fingermark potentially holds a wealth of information about the fingermark donor, which can be extracted by immunolabeling. Immunolabeling can be used to detect specific components in fingermarks; however, to be applicable in the forensic field, it should be compatible with commonly used fingerprint visualization techniques. In this study, the compatibility of immunolabeling with two different fingerprint visualization techniques, magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, was investigated on fingermarks deposited on glass and on nitrocellulose membranes. With dermcidin as antigen of interest, immunolabeling was performed successfully on all developed fingermarks. We can conclude that immunolabeling is compatible with magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, which can be of great forensic value.