ODM2 Variable Name Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing the name of Variables. Superoxide dismutase, delta cycle threshold Delta cycle threshold for superoxide dismutase (sod). Cycle threshold is the PCR cycle number at which the fluorescent signal of the gene being amplified crosses the set threshold. Delta cycle threshold for sod is the difference between the cycle threshold (Ct) of sod gene expression and the cycle threshold (Ct) for the gene expression of the reference gene (e.g., beta-actin). Originally from the CUAHSI HIS VariableNameCV. See: http://his.cuahsi.org/mastercvreg/edit_cv11.aspx?tbl=VariableNameCV.