Sex hormone binding globulin
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Shbg. A protein made by the liver that carries a male hormone (testosterone) and a female hormone (estradiol, a form of estrogen) through the blood to body tissues. Estrogen causes levels of shbg to increase; testosterone causes levels of shbg to decrease.
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