Article
Plasma steroid-binding proteins.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Dec 1991
Rosner W
Abstract excerpt
Two steroid-binding proteins circulate in plasma, corticosteroid-binding globulin and sex hormone-binding globulin. They both have several different but connected, physiologic functions. Each is the major determinant of the concentration of the physiologically important hormones that they bind. CBG regulates the concentration of free cortisol and progesterone, and SHBG regulates the concentration of free...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
- Transcortin
