Comments on: Artificial Weight Loss Hormones http://www.sciscoop.com/artificial-weight-loss-hormones.html Scooping up the latest science news and controversies Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:44:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AK http://www.sciscoop.com/artificial-weight-loss-hormones.html/comment-page-1#comment-6834 AK Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:57:17 +0000 http://www.sciscoop.com/?p=3574#comment-6834 The abstract may be found at http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nchembio.209.html where there's a link to the full article although it's behind a paywall. Since glucagon is associated with the starvation response, I suspect its presence would stimulate the sequestering of protein for conversion to glucose, which means long-term treatment with drugs that agonize glucagon receptors may well have adverse effects on muscle health. The abstract may be found at http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nchembio.209.html where there’s a link to the full article although it’s behind a paywall.

Since glucagon is associated with the starvation response, I suspect its presence would stimulate the sequestering of protein for conversion to glucose, which means long-term treatment with drugs that agonize glucagon receptors may well have adverse effects on muscle health.

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