However, correlative findings in human tumor samples suggest that while MnSOD may function as a TS during the early stages of tumor initiation, once tumorigenesis progresses, MnSOD levels positively correlate with more aggressive human tumors20, suggesting that specific isoforms of MnSOD, including potentially the acetylated form of MnSOD, may function as a tumor promoter. Here, SOD2 is linked to neoplasm.