Abstract
THE binding of cortisol to plasma proteins increases with a decrease in temperature. No direct measurements have been reported of the effect of temperature on the binding constants of transcortin and albumin, but it has been suggested that as the temperature decreases new binding sites appear on transcortin1.
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GOLDIE, D., HASHAM, N., KEANE, P. et al. Temperature Dependence of Cortisol Binding to Plasma Proteins. Nature 217, 852–853 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217852a0
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