Plasma steroid-binding proteins: primary gatekeepers of steroid hormone action
Biologically active steroids are transported in the blood by albumin, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG). These plasma proteins also regulate the non-protein-bound or ‘free’ fractions of circulating steroid hormones that are considered to be biologically a...
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Bioscientifica Ltd
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064763/ |