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For example, liraglutide and semaglutide have the attachments of fatty acid residues, which enable their reversible binding to albumin, while drugs such as dulaglutide and albiglutide are recombinant fusion proteins containing human immunoglobulin G or albumin chains [13]

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By simultaneously targeting two complementary incretin pathways, tirzepatide introduces a novel therapeutic strategy that moves beyond the limitations of traditional single pathway treatments

Also, prostate cancer mouse models showed progression from androgen-dependence to androgen-independence to be associated with an increase in IGF-I and decrease in IGFBP-3, further suggesting their role in cancer aggressiveness (128)

The pituitary becomes less responsive to each injection