文摘
Estrogens are a class of steroid hormones that interact with two related but distinct nuclear receptors, estrogen receptor (ER) α and β. To identify potential ER biomarkers, we profiled the rat plasma glycoproteome after treatment with vehicle or 17β-estradiol (E2) or an ERα-selective agonist PPT by differential mass spectrometry. Our comparative proteomic experiment identifies novel E2- and PPT-responsive proteins, such as serine protease inhibitor family members.