Hormones / Hormone-Binding Proteins

Hormones/hormone-binding proteins are a protein system involved in hormone synthesis, transport, storage, and signal transmission in body fluids. Hormones act as long-distance signaling molecules regulating various physiological processes such as metabolism, growth, development, and reproduction, whereas hormone-binding proteins are responsible for the stable transport of hormones in the blood, half-life regulation, and targeted delivery, ensuring the precision and controllability of hormone signal transmission. Dysfunction of these proteins is closely associated with endocrine disorders, metabolic diseases, and reproductive disorders.