The cardiovascular system also expresses GLP-1 receptors, though the precise mechanisms underlying cardioprotective effects remain an area of active research and are not fully explained by receptor distribution alone
So, just not getting anywhere
Eli Lillys GLP-1 offering, tirzepatide, launched shortly after (as Mounjaro for T2D in 2022 and Zepbound for obesity in 2023), demonstrated greater HbA1c reduction and up to a 20% placebo-adjusted weight loss
In the three-chamber test, MIA mice demonstrated a profound impairment in social interaction, as evidenced by a significantly lower sociability index score of 6.7 1.3, compared to 29.5 1.3 in control mice
In gastrointestinal research, a 2017 rat colitis and ischemia-reperfusion study by Duzel and colleagues in World Journal of Gastroenterology reported that a single 10 g/kg topical bath of BPC-157 to blood-deprived colon segments produced near-complete mucosal preservation by day 10, restored vessel-arcade interconnections, and normalized MDA and NO levels relative to saline controls though the abstract does not report numeric % lesion reduction or p-values