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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Therapeutic Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and DPP-4 Inhibitors in Neuropathic Pain: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.

Yaswanth Kuthati, Venkata Naga Goutham Davuluri, Chih-Shung Wong

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. 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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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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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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yaswanth KuthatiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 10630, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5018-3736
Venkata Naga Goutham DavuluriDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Chih-Shung WongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 10630, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9898-9950

Funding

Cathay research grant CGH-MR-A10905 and CGH-MR- A11311Ministry of science and technology, Taiwan 110-2314-B-281-007-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a peptide hormone secreted by the small intestine upon food intake. GLP-1 enhances insulin secretion, suppresses glucagon release, and promotes satiety, resulting in reduced food consumption and subsequent weight loss. Endogenous GLP-1 has a very short half-life and is rapidly degraded by the enzyme dipeptidyl-peptidase-IV (DPP-4). To address this limitation, GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and DPP-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) were developed and have demonstrated potency in clinical practice. In recent years, GLP-1RA and DPP4-i therapies are known to have pleiotropic effects, such as a reduction in oxidative stress, autophagy regulation, metabolic reprogramming, enhancement of anti-inflammatory signaling, regulation of gene expression, and being neuroprotective. These effects imply a therapeutic perspective for GLP-1RA and DPP-4i therapies in neuropathic pain treatment. Preclinical and clinical studies increasingly support the hypothesis that these therapies may alleviate neuropathic pain by targeting multiple mechanisms that induce neuropathic pain, such as inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. This review explores the mechanisms by which GLP-1RAs and DPP-4is alleviate neuropathic pain. It also highlights current advancements in incretin research, focusing on the therapeutic effects of GLP-1RAs and DPP-4-is for neuropathic pain.

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Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsNeuralgiaAnimalsDipeptidyl Peptidase 4Glucagon-Like Peptide 1Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorHumansOxidative StressDipeptidyl Peptidase 4Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonistsdipeptidyl-peptidase-IV inhibitorsglucagon-like peptide-1inflammationneuropathic painoxidative stress

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PMID40427515
PMCPMC12108864

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