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Abstract
Liraglutide and semaglutide, both approved for long-term weight management, significantly reduce food intake and delay gastric emptying.
- Unimolecular polypharmacology represents an advance in obesity treatment by using single molecules to target multiple pathways.
- Tirzepatide, a dual agonist, activates both GLP-1 and GIP receptors, showing enhanced weight loss potency compared to traditional GLP-1 mono agonists.
- Preliminary data indicate that GLP-1/glucagon dual agonists and GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonists may provide better weight loss results than GLP-1 mono agonists.
- Understanding the mechanisms of these unimolecular multitargeting agents could inform future clinical applications and drug development for obesity.
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