It targets three receptors simultaneously the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor, the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor, and the glucagon receptor
Its the opposite
On the other hand, no case report describing medullary thyroid carcinoma has been published in a patient being treated with a GLP-1 receptor agonist who had a morphologically normal thyroid and low calcitonin concentrations before such treatment
doi: Alhalel, N., Schueller, S.M
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Encouraged by their success with the dual agonist, Tschp and DiMarchi wondered if it was possible to go a step further and develop a peptide to simultaneously target three key metabolically-related hormone receptors: GLP-1, GIP and glucagon