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Corticosteroid-binding globulin: the clinical significance of altered levels and heritable mutations.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 5 Mar 2010
Gagliardi Lucia, Ho Jui T, Torpy David J
Abstract excerpt
Corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) is the specific high-affinity plasma transport glycoprotein for cortisol. Stress-induced falls in CBG levels may heighten hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses and CBG:tissue interactions may allow targeted cortisol delivery. Three genetic variants of CBG have been identified that reduce cortisol binding affinity and/or CBG levels. These include the Leuven and Lyon...
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