As reported previously, we confirm autoradiography and immunohistochemistry data 2, 24 showing that human pancreatic acini do express GLP1R, although in much lower density than the insulin-producing cells
Eder K (2009)
Its a small-molecule GLP-1 that isnt a peptide, which means no refrigeration, no injections, and potentially lower manufacturing costs
The companies that worked on this, then, in the 70s, the 80s, included Lilly and Novo, actually, but it wasnt until the Gila monster story kicked in in the late 80sI think this guy named John Eng in the Bronx was interested in why certain animals didnt need to eat very often and identified this mimic of the human peptide, but used for this lizards own purposes, exendin, which mimics GLP-1