High Frequency ofSERPINA6Polymorphisms that Reduce Plasma Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin Activity in Chinese Subjects
Author(s) -
Haiyan Lin,
Caroline Underhill,
Jinghui Lei,
Anna Helander-Claesson,
HwaYong Lee,
Bernd R. Gardill,
Yves A. Muller,
Hongmei Wang,
Geoffrey L. Hammond
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-3141
Subject(s) - transcortin , endocrinology , nonsynonymous substitution , medicine , snp , single nucleotide polymorphism , biology , exon , globulin , genetics , gene , genotype , genome
Cortisol is transported by corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) in blood. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the human CBG (SERPINA6) gene that disrupt CBG production or steroid binding are considered rare.
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