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Semaglutides introduction of a fatty acid side chain at position 26 Lys allows reversible binding to plasma albumin and reduces renal clearance, and substitution of amino acids at positions 8 and 34 with Aib and Arg avoids its degradation by DPP-4 and prevents fatty acid binding at the wrong site, resulting in a once-weekly dosing (Lau et al., 2015
Animals were pre-acclimated with vehicle injections for three days to reduce injection stress
The exclusion criteria were: females who were pregnant or experiencing a menstrual period, type 2 diabetes treated using an insulin regimen, malignancy, hematopathy, active tuberculosis, peptic ulcer with gastric bleeding, binge-eating disorder, psychiatric disease, congestive heart failure, clinically relevant renal or hepatic insufficiency, unstable coronary artery disease, cancer or a history of cancer