It is a hormone produced primarily in the small intestine (specifically in the L cells which line this part of your digestive tract), though some neurons in your brain also produce it
So whats fascinating about this, and it really helps us understand why the quality of our protein intake matters, the diversity of our protein intake matters
Moving forward, the results of the phase 3 SURPASS clinical trial program demonstrated that tirzepatide was as effective and safe as other anti-diabetic agents, such as semaglutide and dulaglutide (SURPASS-2) (SURPASS J-mono), long-acting insulin analogs (degludec and glargine) (SURPASS-3,4), and placebo (SURPASS-1) (SURPASS-5), in managing T2DM diabetes [65,66,67,68,69]
Retatrutide entry (amino acid sequence, modifications, LY3437943 designation)