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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2021

Glucagon-like peptide-1, a matter of taste?

Mojca Jensterle, J Hans DeVries, Tadej Battelino, Saba Battelino, Bulent Yildiz, Andrej Janez

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Weight Loss: A Critical Review of Mechanisms.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  8. Insight into the Role of Psychological Factors in Oral Mucosa Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mojca JensterleDivision of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta, 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-8861-8803
J Hans DeVriesDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tadej BattelinoDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva 20, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Saba BattelinoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Bulent YildizDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Hacettepe, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Andrej JanezDivision of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta, 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. andrej.janez@kclj.si.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-5254
University of Ljubljana · SIHacettepe University · TRUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding of gustatory coding helps to predict, and perhaps even modulate the ingestive decision circuitry, especially when eating behaviour becomes dysfunctional. Preclinical research demonstrated that glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is locally synthesized in taste bud cells in the tongue and that GLP-1 receptor exists on the gustatory nerves in close proximity to GLP-1 containing taste bud cells. In humans, the tongue has not yet been addressed as clinically relevant target for GLP-1 based therapies. The primary aim of the current review was to elaborate on the role of GLP- 1 in mammalian gustatory system, in particular in the perception of sweet. Secondly, we aimed to explore what modulates gustatory coding and whether the GLP-1 based therapies might be involved in regulation of taste perception. We performed a series of PubMed, Medline and Embase databases systemic searches. The Population-Intervention-Comparison-Outcome (PICO) framework was used to identify interventional studies. Based on the available data, GLP-1 is specifically involved in the perception of sweet. Aging, diabetes and obesity are characterized by diminished taste and sweet perception. Calorie restriction and bariatric surgery are associated with a diminished appreciation of sweet food. GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) modulate food preference, yet its modulatory potential in gustatory coding is currently unknown. Future studies should explore whether GLP-1 RAs modulate taste perception to the extent that changes of food preference and consumption ensue.

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Glucagon-Like Peptide 1Taste BudsAnimalsGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorHumansMammalsObesityTasteGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorGLP-1GLP-1 receptor agonistsGustatory codingObesityTasteTongue

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PMID33123893
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