Anti-obesity drug discovery: advances and challenges

TD Müller, M Blüher, MH Tschöp… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Enormous progress has been made in the last half-century in the management of diseases
closely integrated with excess body weight, such as hypertension, adult-onset diabetes and …

Mechanisms controlling pancreatic islet cell function in insulin secretion

JE Campbell, CB Newgard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Metabolic homeostasis in mammals is tightly regulated by the complementary actions of
insulin and glucagon. The secretion of these hormones from pancreatic β-cells and α-cells …

A phase 2 randomized trial of survodutide in MASH and fibrosis

AJ Sanyal, P Bedossa, M Fraessdorf… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Dual agonism of glucagon receptor and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)
receptor may be more effective than GLP-1 receptor agonism alone for treating metabolic …

Triple–hormone-receptor agonist retatrutide for obesity—a phase 2 trial

AM Jastreboff, LM Kaplan, JP Frías, Q Wu… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Retatrutide (LY3437943) is an agonist of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic
polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide 1, and glucagon receptors. Its dose–response …

LY3437943, a novel triple GIP, GLP-1, and glucagon receptor agonist in people with type 2 diabetes: a phase 1b, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled …

S Urva, T Coskun, MT Loh, Y Du, MK Thomas… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Treating hyperglycaemia and obesity in individuals with type 2 diabetes using
multi-receptor agonists can improve short-term and long-term outcomes. LY3437943 is a …

GIPR/GLP-1R dual agonist therapies for diabetes and weight loss—chemistry, physiology, and clinical applications

JE Campbell, TD Müller, B Finan, RD DiMarchi… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
The incretin system is an essential metabolic axis that regulates postprandial metabolism.
The two incretin peptides that enable this effect are the glucose-dependent insulinotropic …

[HTML][HTML] GLP-1 physiology informs the pharmacotherapy of obesity

DJ Drucker - Molecular metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA) augment glucose-
dependent insulin release and reduce glucagon secretion and gastric emptying, enabling …

Metabolically healthy obesity

M Blüher - Endocrine reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Obesity contributes to reduced life expectancy, impaired quality of life, and disabilities,
mainly in those individuals who develop cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes …

[HTML][HTML] Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

TD Müller, B Finan, SR Bloom, D D'Alessio… - Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a multifaceted hormone with broad
pharmacological potential. Among the numerous metabolic effects of GLP-1 are the glucose …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a review of multi-target drugs

A Artasensi, A Pedretti, G Vistoli, L Fumagalli - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a multi-factorial chronic health condition that affects a large part of
population and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) the number of adults …