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45Because glucagon, GLP-1 and GIP receptors share a common ancestry and their ligands share a common precursor or fold, peptides can be engineered to engage more than one. Tirzepatide engages GIP and GLP-1 receptors; [[Retatrutide|retatrutide]] adds the glucagon receptor; [[Survodutide|survodutide]] engages glucagon and GLP-1 receptors.{{r|campbell2013}}45Because glucagon, GLP-1 and GIP receptors share a common ancestry and their ligands share a common precursor or fold, peptides can be engineered to engage more than one. Tirzepatide engages GIP and GLP-1 receptors; [[Retatrutide|retatrutide]] adds the glucagon receptor; [[Survodutide|survodutide]] engages glucagon and GLP-1 receptors.{{r|campbell2013}}
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+47Adding glucagon-receptor agonism is counter-intuitive, since glucagon raises blood glucose. The rationale is that glucagon-receptor agonism increases energy expenditure and hepatic fat oxidation, and that concurrent GLP-1 agonism more than offsets the glycaemic penalty. The balance between the two is a dose-ratio problem rather than a binary one, and it is the principal design difficulty of the triple agonists.{{r|sandoval2015}}
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47== References ==49== References ==
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51<ref name="campbell2013">Campbell JE, Drucker DJ. "Pharmacology, physiology, and mechanisms of incretin hormone action." ''Cell Metabolism'' 17(6):819–837 (2013). PMID 23684623.</ref>53<ref name="campbell2013">Campbell JE, Drucker DJ. "Pharmacology, physiology, and mechanisms of incretin hormone action." ''Cell Metabolism'' 17(6):819–837 (2013). PMID 23684623.</ref>
52<ref name="wewer2014">Wewer Albrechtsen NJ, Hartmann B, Veedfald S, et al. "Hyperglucagonaemia analysed by glucagon sandwich ELISA: nonspecific interference or truly elevated levels?" ''Diabetologia'' 57(9):1919–1926 (2014). DOI:10.1007/s00125-014-3283-z. PMID 24891019.</ref>54<ref name="wewer2014">Wewer Albrechtsen NJ, Hartmann B, Veedfald S, et al. "Hyperglucagonaemia analysed by glucagon sandwich ELISA: nonspecific interference or truly elevated levels?" ''Diabetologia'' 57(9):1919–1926 (2014). DOI:10.1007/s00125-014-3283-z. PMID 24891019.</ref>
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+56== External links ==
+57* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/2641 GCG — Gene entry] — NCBI Gene record for the proglucagon gene.
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54== See also ==59== See also ==