Clinical Significance
In one study, deletions in the gene were reported in two familial cases of keratoconus.
Mice lacking SOD1 have increased age-related muscle mass loss (sarcopenia), early development of cataracts, macular degeneration, thymic involution, hepatocellular carcinoma, and shortened lifespan.
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