By emulating incretin hormones, it supports the release of insulin only when blood sugar levels are high, reducing the risk of hypoglycemic events
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References include the SURMOUNT-1 trial publication (Jastreboff et al., New England Journal of Medicine , 2022), the Zepbound prescribing information (Eli Lilly, 2024), the American College of Gastroenterology clinical guidelines on GERD (2022), and Davies et al., Diabetes Care , 2023, on gastric emptying with tirzepatide
In that study, the glucose-sensing transcription factor carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) has been shown to initiate a regulatory program driving an early transcriptional activation of metabolic genes, which is followed by a second wave of transcriptional regulation wherein cell-cycle genes are activated and -cell identity genes are repressed
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