Corticosterone binding globulin regulation and thymus changes after thermal injury in mice.

D'Elia M, Patenaude J, Hamelin C, Garrel DR, Bernier J. Thermal injury is extremely stressful, and data characterizing the systemic endocrine stress response to this injury are sparse. The objective of this study was to measure the effects of thermal injury on mice on corticosterone (Cort) levels in relation with corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) and thymus cell populations. The endocrine stress response was determined by measuring total Cort, free Cort, CBG binding capacity, liver CBG (...)