In the circulation, testosterone and other sex hormones are bound to binding proteins, which
play an important role in regulating their transport, distribution, metabolism, and biological …

Androgens are an important and diverse group of steroid hormone molecular species. They
play varied functional roles, such as the control of metabolic energy fate and partition, the …

The liver is known to be involved in the natural history of the ongoing epidemics of type 2
diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. In particular, the liver has a role in increased …

Resistance exercise has been shown to elicit a significant acute hormonal response. It
appears that this acute response is more critical to tissue growth and remodelling than …

Background Circulating sex hormone–binding globulin levels are inversely associated with
insulin resistance, but whether these levels can predict the risk of developing type 2 …

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathies affecting the early
reproductive age in women, whose pathophysiology perplexes many researchers till today …

Globally, cardiovascular disease will continue causing most human deaths for the
foreseeable future. The consistent gender gap in life span of approximately 5.6 yr in all …

The G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR 30) has been identified as the non-genomic
estrogen receptor, and G-1, the specific ligand for GPR30. With the use of a polyclonal …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the juvenile hormones (JH). The JH, a family of
acyclic sesquiterpenoids, are essential to insect development and reproduction. This …

Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein which regulates bioavailability of
sex steroid hormones. Interest in SHBG has escalated in recent years because of its inverse …