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Obesity, maternal smoking and SHBG in neonates

BACKGROUND: Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), a glycoprotein produced by hepatocytes that transports testosterone and other steroids in plasma, is a marker for developing metabolic syndrome and T2DM. SHBG is present in umbilical cord blood where it may be epigenetically regulated. This study was...

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Autores principales: Dharashivkar, Swapna, Wasser, Lawrence, Baumgartner, Richard N., King, Jeffrey C., Winters, Stephen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27462374
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13098-016-0158-0