These studies highlight the clear, and persistent, metabolic advantages of sustained activation of GLP-1 receptors, alongside concurrent activation of related GIP and xenin cell signalling pathways, in diabetes.
GLP-1 therapy is effective concerning weight loss in overweight patients and is more often used in females and patients with shorter diabetes duration.
GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) and dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) are two classes of antidiabetic agents used in the management of diabetes based on incretin hormones.
Modulation of platelet function by diabetes agents in addition to their hypoglycemic effects would contribute to cardiovascular protection Newly introduced antidiabetic drugs of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors may have anti-platelet effects, and in the case of SGLT2i and GLP-1RA may contribute to their proven cardiovascular benefit that has been shown clinically.
The Glp-1 analog, liraglutide (Lir), has been shown to reduce infarct size and improve cardiac function after myocardial ischemia in rodents with or without diabetes.
Currently, the overall risk-benefit profiles for the range of GLP-1RAs point to liraglutide and semaglutide as first-choice for the management of T2D, which has been confirmed by a recently published consensus report on the treatment of T2D from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
Twenty patients of active acromegaly (10 each, with and without diabetes) underwent hyperinsulinemic euglycaemic clamp and mixed meal test, before and after surgery, to measure indices of IS, β-cell function, GIP, GLP-1 and glucagon response.
The potential antidiabetic mechanism of PPe-H might be related to stimulating the secretion of endogenous GLP-1, decreasing oxidative damages, and then slowing down the process of diabetes.
Fasting GLP-1 was measured on hospital day 2-4 in patients without previously known diabetes (n = 59) that received recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) for ischemic stroke.
To evaluate the safety of efpeglenatide, a long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), and its effects on body weight management in adults without diabetes.
DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4) inhibitors (or "gliptins") represent a class of oral anti-hyperglycemic agents that inhibit the enzyme DPP-4, thus augmenting the biological activity of the "incretin" hormones (glucagon-like peptide-1 [GLP-1] and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide [GIP]) and restoring many of the pathophysiological problems of diabetes.
GLP-1, a peptide hormone secreted from the gut stimulating insulin and suppressing glucagon secretion was identified as a parent compound for novel treatments of diabetes, but was degraded (dipeptidyl peptidase-4) eliminated (mainly kidneys) too fast (half-life 1-2 min) to be useful as a therapeutic agent.
Diabetes increases the severity of impairment in PD, and GLP-1 improve it through its direct neuronal effect in addition to its indirect effect through producing hypoglycemia.
Being a relatively newer class of drug with numerous benefits, several national and international guidelines are working towards addressing clinical questions pertaining to the optimal use of GLP-1 RAs for the management of diabetes.
Exenatide, a synthetic version of exendin-4, is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) used for treating diabetes, but its relatively short half-life is a major disadvantage.
New drugs, such as SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 agonists and PCKSK9 inhibitors might evolve as key players in the management of diabetes and its complications within the next years.