(PubMed) Morris MC, Evans DA, Tangney CC, Bienias JL, Wilson RS
However, this mechanism also underlies significant adverse effects, including gastrointestinal complications such as ulcers and bleeding, as well as cardiovascular risks associated with cyclooxygenase-selective inhibitors (97, 98)
Despite abundant preclinical evidence linking DPP4 inhibition to cardioprotection in mice or rats with cardiac ischemia (8), only GLP-1 and SDF-1 have been clearly identified as likely candidates transducing DPP4-dependent cardioprotection
Now in latestage trials, retatrutide takes this a step further as a tripleagonist engaging GLP1, GIP, and glucagon receptors simultaneously
A 2023 study by Devoto and colleagues explored how food images become so "cravingly salient" in obesity in the first place, and newer work on GLP-1's effects on reward and affect is mapping how these drugs reach those circuits
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