Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor is pres
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Nitika Arora Gupta; Jamie Mells; Richard M. Dunham; Arash Grakoui; Jeffrey Handy
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a naturally occurring peptide secreted by the L cells of the small intestine. GLP-1 functions as an incretin and stimulates glucose-mediated insulin production by pancreatic beta cells. In this study, we demonstrate that exendin-4/GLP-1 has a cognate receptor on hu