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ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2017

Glucagon-like peptide 1: A potential anti-inflammatory pathway in obesity-related asthma.

Dan-Vinh Nguyen, Angela Linderholm, Angela Haczku, Nicholas Kenyon

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Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Non-T2 asthma.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2025
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  5. Diabetes-inducing effects of bronchial asthma.World journal of diabetes · 2025
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  10. The Role of Peptides in Asthma-Obesity Phenotype.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  18. Obesity, Inflammation, and Severe Asthma: an Update.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2021
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  19. Metformin Use and Risk of Asthma Exacerbation Among Asthma Patients with Glycemic Dysfunction.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dan-Vinh NguyenUniversity of California Davis, the Veterans Affairs Northern California Healthcare System, United States. Electronic address: dvpnguyen@ucdavis.edu.
Angela LinderholmUniversity of California Davis, the Veterans Affairs Northern California Healthcare System, United States.
Angela HaczkuUniversity of California Davis, the Veterans Affairs Northern California Healthcare System, United States.
Nicholas KenyonUniversity of California Davis, the Veterans Affairs Northern California Healthcare System, United States.
University of California, Davis · USVA Northern California Health Care System · US

Funding

TRAINING IN COMPARATIVE LUNG BIOLOGY AND MEDICINET32HL007013 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI Elena Goncharova, Nicholas J. KENYON · 1985 to 2026
$10.1M
L-arginine as a therapy in severe asthmaR01HL105573 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI KENYON, NICHOLAS J. · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105573NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alterations in arginine metabolism and accelerated formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), crucial mechanisms in obesity-related asthma, can be modulated by glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). l-arginine dysregulation in obesity promotes inflammation and bronchoconstriction. Prolonged hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and oxidative stress leads to production of AGEs, that bind to their receptor (RAGE) further potentiating inflammation. By binding to its widely distributed receptor, GLP-1 blunts the effects of RAGE activation and arginine dysregulation. The GLP-1 pathway, while comprehensively studied in the endocrine and cardiovascular literature, is under-recognized in pulmonary research. Insights into GLP-1 and the lung may lead to novel treatments for obesity-related asthma.

Indexed as

AnimalsArginineAsthmaGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glycation End Products, AdvancedHumansInflammationLungObesityReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsArginineGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glycation End Products, AdvancedReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsAdvanced glycation end productsArginineAsthmaGlucagon-like peptide 1Obesity

Identifiers

PMID28648831
PMCPMC5677567
OpenAlexW2644783328

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