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Organ-specific increase in mutation accumulation and apoptosis rate in CuZn-superoxide dismutase-deficient mice.
Cancer research - 15 Dec 2005
Busuttil Rita A, Garcia Ana Maria, Cabrera Carlos, Rodriguez Armando, Suh Yousin, Kim Woo Ho, Huang Ting-Ting, Vijg Jan
Abstract excerpt
Reactive oxygen species have been implicated as a cause of cancer and aging in mammals. Mice deficient for the antioxidant enzyme CuZn-superoxide dismutase (Sod1) have a decreased life span and an elevated incidence of liver cancer. To test the hypothesis that the cancer-prone phenotype in such mice is due to accelerated spontaneous mutation accumulation, we crossed these mutants with mice harboring a neutral...
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