Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing We have thousands of medications that help prevent or fight disease and infection
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However, one randomized controlled trial studying GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (SUSTAIN-6) indicated the drug was associated with complications of retinopathy, including vitreous hemorrhage and decreased vision in some patients (hazard ratio 1.76)
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To elucidate the importance of pancreatic GLP-1R signaling for glucose homeostasis, we generated transgenic mice that expressed the human GLP-1R in islets and pancreatic ductal cells (Pdx1-hGLP1R:Glp1r/ mice)