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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In published Phase 3 trials, the mean weight loss reported for retatrutide at 80 weeks (28.3%) exceeded the mean reported for tirzepatide in SURMOUNT-1 at 72 weeks (22.5%) [1][2][9]
