Self-Assessment Questions

3. Steroid hormone mechanism of action and metabolism

• Name two things that can increase sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) synthesis and two things that can decrease its synthesis.

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  Correct answer:
  Pregnancy, estrogen and hyperthyroidism can increase SHBG synthesis. Androgens, progestins, corticoids and growth hormone all decrease SHBG synthesis.