The review covered GLP-1s roles in controlling islet function, appetite, inflammation, and cardiovascular pathophysiology, and made a critical mechanistic distinction: native GLP-1 acts primarily via paracrine and neural mechanisms (given its 12 minute plasma half-life), whereas GLP-1RA drugs with extended half-lives act systemically on GLP-1R populations inaccessible to the native peptide
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A 2024 study presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology meeting showed that combining androgen receptor modulators with GLP-1 therapy increased lean mass while simultaneously decreasing fat mass
Various sources were referred to in the secondary research process to identify and collect information for this study
References AL-Mhanna SB, Batrakoulis A, Wan Ghazali WS, et al