Quantification of 10 steroid hormones in human saliva from Chinese adult volunteers

Steroid Hormones: Membrane transporters of steroid hormones

The discovery of a plasma membrane ABC protein that exports steroids in yeast highlights the possibility that similar membrane sorting systems in mammalian cells may modulate the access of steroids to their receptors.

An oral-diffusion-sink device for extended sampling of multiple steroid hormones from saliva.

Performance of a new oral-diffusion-sink (ODS) device for sampling the steroid hormones cortisol, progesterone, estradiol, and testosterone from human saliva was tested in vitro. The tested device differed from an earlier ODS sampler by using a polymeric composition of beta-cyclodextrin rather than an antiserum to bind analytes diffusing into the device. The capacity of the cyclodextrin-driven ...

Prader Willi Syndrome: saliva quantification and culture in 10 patients.

Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a relatively rare neurogenetic illness. It is of interest to dentists for its clinical characteristics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the amount of saliva and the presence of Streptococcus mutans (St mutans) in patients with this syndrome. We measured saliva stimulated by chewing paraffin tablets for 5 minutes, and cultured saliva samples in order to deter...

The role of alcohol and steroid hormones in human aggression.

The association between alcohol and aggressive behavior is well established although a direct causal relationship has proven hard to demonstrate. There are, however, indications that alcohol facilitates aggression in individuals who already have a predisposition to behave aggressively. Aggressive personality disorders have in turn been explained by elevated testosterone level. A one-to-one rela...

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