A role for corticosteroid-binding globulin in delivery of cortisol to activated neutrophils by G. L. Hammond and others (1990)

By G. L. Hammond and colleagues. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 71(1), 34–39 (July 1990); DOI doi.org/10.1210/jcem-71-1-34

Abstract: neutrophil elastase cleaves human corticosteroid-binding globulin near its C-terminus, with release of more than 80% of bound cortisol in the assay. Cleavage does not inhibit the enzyme.