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Discovery of a novel homozygous SOD1 truncating variant bolsters infantile SOD1 deficiency syndrome.
Molecular biology reports - 26 Apr 2024
Dogan Mustafa, Teralı Kerem, Eroz Recep, Kılıç Hüseyin, Gezdirici Alper, Gönüllü Burçin
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OBJECTIVE: Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is an important antioxidant enzyme whose main function is to neutralise superoxide free radicals in the cytoplasm. Heterozygous variants in SOD1 are responsible for a substantial percentage of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases. Recently, several reports have shown that biallelic loss of SOD1 function results in a novel phenotype called infantile SOD1...
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