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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2024

Molecular mechanisms of semaglutide and liraglutide as a therapeutic option for obesity.

Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Viviana A Ruiz-Pozo, Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Patricia Guevara-Ramírez, Elius Paz-Cruz, Raynier Zambrano-Villacres, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ana Karina Zambrano

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Impact of semaglutide on health outcomes and mood in obese heart failure patients: a retrospective analysis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  14. Targeting neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the emerging potential of semaglutide.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo *Centro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Viviana A Ruiz-Pozo *Centro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Santiago Cadena-UllauriCentro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Patricia Guevara-RamírezCentro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Elius Paz-CruzCentro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Raynier Zambrano-VillacresUniversidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.
Daniel Simancas-RacinesCentro de Investigación de Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica (CISPEC), Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.
Ana Karina ZambranoCentro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity, a chronic global health problem, is associated with an increase in various comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and certain types of cancer. The increasing global prevalence of obesity requires research into new therapeutic strategies. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, specifically semaglutide and liraglutide, designed for type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment, have been explored as drugs for the treatment of obesity. This minireview describes the molecular mechanisms of semaglutide and liraglutide in different metabolic pathways, and its mechanism of action in processes such as appetite regulation, insulin secretion, glucose homeostasis, energy expenditure, and lipid metabolism. Finally, several clinical trial outcomes are described to show the safety and efficacy of these drugs in obesity management.

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liraglutidemolecular mechanismobesitysemaglutideweight loss

Identifiers

PMID38742021
PMCPMC11090168

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