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Pfizer and Eli Lilly are developing GLP-1 agonist tablets, with Structure Therapeutics likely to follow suit in the next few years

Moreover, GLP-1RAs have cognition-promoting effects and activate the GLP-1R/cAMP/PKA pathway, thus providing a new intervention for the treatment of depression and reduction of SSIBs [36, 47, 48]

Patients with a history of pancreatitis, particularly those with chronic pancreatitis or recurrent acute episodes, may be at increased risk for pancreatitis exacerbation

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DPP4 is also known as the lymphocyte surface antigen CD26 and has numerous activities unrelated to incretin inactivation (see the Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4: DPP4 page for more information on DPP4)

2.4.3 PDGF PDGF is a profibrotic mediator that induces fibroblast activation and proliferation and promotes ECM contraction (Bonner, 2004)