The GLP-1 and GIP components enhance insulin secretion and sensitivity, while the glucagon component, somewhat paradoxically, does not worsen blood sugar control because its glucose-raising effects are offset by the dominant insulin-enhancing effects of the other two pathways
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Particularly, GLP-1RAs have greater hypoglycaemic and weight-loss effects and are attracting attention as a means of intervening in obesity, which is the key basis of type 2 diabetes pathogenesis
The researchers noted that a side effect of the drug caused a mild and transient reflex-driven increase in heart rate early in the trial
Also seen is thinning of the inner retinal layer, retinal dopaminergic deficiency, and cortical thinning in the posterior cortex (129, 131)
It was aimed to have an even distribution of male and female participants with 40% of each sex recruited into each group