Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) stimulation of pancreatic beta-cell survival is dependent upon phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (PKB) signaling, inactivation of the forkhead transcription factor Foxo1, and down-regulation of bax expression
The study sample was 71% female, mostly White with a mean age of 39.9 years
Ozempic, also called semaglutide, may be the most well-known, but five other GLP-1s in an injectable form are used to treat diabetes
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Brain dopamine and obesity
The report described a 13-year-old boy with a heterozygous LOF MC4R variant (p.Glu61Lys), accompanied by autism spectrum disorder and trypanophobia, who developed obesity at approximately 6 months of age