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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2024

Tirzepatide against obesity and insulin-resistance: pathophysiological aspects and clinical evidence.

Salvatore Corrao, Chiara Pollicino, Dalila Maggio, Alessandra Torres, Christiano Argano

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Revolutionizing type 2 diabetes management: the role of the pharmacist in unlocking the potential of tirzepatide.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2025
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  13. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Remission, Dream or Reality? A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Integrated Care Strategies.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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  15. Emerging role of exosomal-microRNA in obesity.Current opinion in physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Salvatore CorraoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (ARNAS) Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Chiara PollicinoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (ARNAS) Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Dalila MaggioDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (ARNAS) Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Alessandra TorresDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (ARNAS) Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Christiano ArganoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione (ARNAS) Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease in which accumulated excess body fat has a negative impact on health. Obesity continues to rise among the general population, resulting in an epidemic that shows no significant signs of decline. It is directly involved in development of cardiometabolic diseases, ischemic coronary heart disease peripheral arterial disease, heart failure, and arterial hypertension, producing global morbidity and mortality. Mainly, abdominal obesity represents a crucial factor for cardiovascular illness and also the most frequent component of metabolic syndrome. Recent evidence showed that Tirzepatide (TZP), a new drug including both Glucagon Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) and Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonism, is effective in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D), lowering body weight, fat mass and glycated hemoglobin (HbA

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceObesityAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gastric Inhibitory PolypeptideGlucagon-Like Peptide-2 ReceptorHumansTirzepatideGastric Inhibitory PolypeptideGlucagon-Like Peptide-2 ReceptorTirzepatidearterial hypertensionclinical trialsGIPGLP - 1insulin-resistanceobesitypathophysiologyTirzepatide

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PMID38978621
PMCPMC11228148

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