VanderBeek echoed the call for more research and stressed the importance of identifying which patients may be most vulnerable, especially as GLP-1 RAs expand their footprint beyond diabetes into weight management and other indications
Below are the primary domains in which cagrilintide has been investigated
After binding to ACE2 and/or NRP1 receptors, the S-protein is proteolytically pre-activated by human proprotein convertase furin 66
Like GLP-1, the C-terminal segment of exendin-4 also adopts an amphiphilic helix that presents a hydrophilic surface comprising Glu 16 , Glu 17 , Arg 20 , Glu 24 , and Lys 27 and a hydrophobic one containing Ala 18 , Val 19 , Phe 22 , Ile 23 , Trp 25 , Leu 26 , and Pro 31