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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

GLP-1 receptor agonists: exploration of transformation from metabolic regulation to multi-organ therapy.

Bing Gong, Couwen Li, Zhuang'e Shi, FuPing Wang, Ruanxian Dai, Guobing Chen, Heng Su

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

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  8. Evaluating the Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Wolfram syndrome Patients.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bing GongFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Couwen LiFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Zhuang'e ShiFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
FuPing WangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
Ruanxian DaiFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Guobing ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
Heng SuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), initially developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, have evolved into multi-organ potential therapeutics due to their pleiotropic effects beyond glycemic control. Mechanistically, GLP-1 signaling modulates immune and inflammatory pathways, regulates autophagy and pyroptosis, alleviates endoplasmic reticulum stress, and interacts with the gut microbiome. These pleiotropic effects provide a rationale for exploring their role in multiple organ systems. Clinical trials have demonstrated cardiovascular and renal protection, leading to additional approvals in high-risk populations. Early data also suggest potential benefits in liver disease, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic respiratory disorders, neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions, reproductive dysfunction, obesity-associated cancers, and sepsis, although these remain investigational. Therefore, this review aims to synthesize the evidence on the mechanistic expansion of GLP-1RAs from metabolic regulators to systemic modulators of inflammation, autophagy, and organ protection, and explores their therapeutic repurposing across diseases.

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GLP-1 receptor agonistgut microbiotamolecular mechanismsmulti-organ protectiontherapeutic repurposing

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PMID41019986
PMCPMC12461214

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