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Low levels of sex hormone-binding globulin predict an increased breast cancer risk and its underlying molecular mechanisms. [PDF]

Open Life Sci
Zhao S, Gu J, Tian Y, Wang R, Li W.
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Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism

Molecular Autism, 2023
Background Prenatal exposure to maternal metabolic conditions associated with inflammation and steroid dysregulation has previously been linked to increased autism risk.
Deborah A. Bilder, Whitney Worsham, Scott Sullivan, M. Sean Esplin, Paul Burghardt, Alison Fraser, Amanda V. Bakian   +6 more
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Avian corticosteroid-binding globulin: biological function and regulatory mechanisms in physiological stress responses

Frontiers in Zoology, 2021
Corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) is a high-affinity plasma protein that binds glucocorticoids (GCs) and regulates their biological activities. The structural and functional properties of CBG are crucial to understanding the biological actions of GCs
Hai-Yan Lin, Gang Song, Fumin Lei, Dongming Li, Yanhua Qu   +4 more
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Prevalence, Pattern and Predictors for Dyslipidemia of Chinese Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Objective: To investigate the prevalence, pattern and risk predictors for dyslipidemia among Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Study Design and Methods: A total of 1,000 women diagnosed as PCOS by modified Rotterdam criteria were ...
Xi Luo, Wang-Yu Cai, Xiao-Ke Wu, Xiao-Ke Wu   +3 more
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Genetic effects on serum testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin in men: a Korean twin and family study

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016
We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study to evaluate the role of genetics in determining the individual difference in total testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin levels.
Joohon Sung, Yun-Mi Song
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TESTOSTERONE CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS BEFORE AND AFTER ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND ITS CORRELATION WITH MELD

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2014
Context Hypogonadism is a common clinical situation in male patients with liver cirrhosis. Objectives The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of orthotopic liver transplantation on testosterone, free testosterone and sex hormone ...
Rodrigo NITSCHE, Júlio Cezar Uili COELHO, Alexandre Coutinho Teixeira de FREITAS, Clementino ZENI NETO, Eduardo MARTINS   +4 more
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Association Between Dietary Inflammatory Index and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Sex Hormone in U.S. Adult Females

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ContextIt is still unknown whether the dietary inflammatory index (DII) is associated with sex hormones and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in adult women.ObjectiveThis study examined the association between DII and sex hormones and SHBG in U.S ...
Nuozhou Liu, Ying Feng, Xinyao Luo, Xue Ma, Fang Ma, Fang Ma   +5 more
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Longitudinal associations between sex hormone-binding globulin and insulin resistance

Endocrine Connections, 2020
Purpose: We aimed to investigate the association between SHBG and the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-Ir) in men and women in a prospective observational study.
Kristin Ottarsdottir, Margareta Hellgren, David Bock, Anna G Nilsson, Bledar Daka   +4 more
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Association of central obesity with sex hormonebinding globulin: a cross-sectional study of 1166 Chinese men

Open Medicine, 2018
Background Both sex hormone-binding globulin and central obesity have been found to be associated with metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. However, the direct relation between sex hormone-binding globulin and central obesity has not been demonstrated.
Liu Fangwei, Shen Xubo, Wang Ruifeng, Yu Na, Shi Yongjun, Xiong Shimin, Xiong Chengliang, Zhou Yuanzhong   +7 more
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Circulating sex hormones in relation to anthropometric, sociodemographic and behavioural factors in an international dataset of 12,300 men.

PLoS ONE, 2017
IntroductionSex hormones have been implicated in the etiology of a number of diseases. To better understand disease etiology and the mechanisms of disease-risk factor associations, this analysis aimed to investigate the associations of anthropometric ...
Eleanor L Watts, Paul N Appleby, Demetrius Albanes, Amanda Black, June M Chan, Chu Chen, Piera M Cirillo, Barbara A Cohn, Michael B Cook, Jenny L Donovan, Luigi Ferrucci, Cedric F Garland, Graham G Giles, Phyllis J Goodman, Laurel A Habel, Christopher A Haiman, Jeff M P Holly, Robert N Hoover, Rudolf Kaaks, Paul Knekt, Laurence N Kolonel, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Loïc Le Marchand, Tapio Luostarinen, Robert J MacInnis, Hanna O Mäenpää, Satu Männistö, E Jeffrey Metter, Roger L Milne, Abraham M Y Nomura, Steven E Oliver, J Kellogg Parsons, Petra H Peeters, Elizabeth A Platz, Elio Riboli, Fulvio Ricceri, Sabina Rinaldi, Harri Rissanen, Norie Sawada, Catherine A Schaefer, Jeannette M Schenk, Frank Z Stanczyk, Meir Stampfer, Pär Stattin, Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Anne Tjønneland, Antonia Trichopoulou, Ian M Thompson, Shoichiro Tsugane, Lars Vatten, Alice S Whittemore, Regina G Ziegler, Naomi E Allen, Timothy J Key, Ruth C Travis   +54 more
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