Soluble ST2 is not independently associated with androgen and estrogen status in healthy males and females

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1515-1518

  Dieplinger, Benjamin ^a   Egger, Margot ^a   Poelz, Werner ^b   Gabriel, Christian ^c   Haltmayer, Meinhard ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c Red Cross Transfusion Service of Upper Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cardiovascular disease; Interleukin 1 receptor family; Interleukin 33; Sex hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ST2; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOLUBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052846452     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.239     Document Type: Article

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