L-Type amino acid transporter 1 as a target for drug delivery
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Goya Journal: Gene Therapy Journal ranking: Q1 Key takeaways: RAd-metFTS gene therapy effectively restores thymulin levels in thymectomized mice and rats, offering potential for chronic brain inflammation treatment
In the LEADER trial (Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcome Results), researchers found that liraglutide reduced the risk of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients, including heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death, by 13% compared to placebo
34 GCGR is expressed in the liver, brain, kidney, GIT, pancreatic alpha and beta-cells, heart and adipose tissue

may cause iron-deficiency anemia Nausea and vomiting particularly with stricturing disease/obstruction Urgency and tenesmus with rectal/colonic involvement Weight loss and malnutrition due to malabsorption, food avoidance, elevated metabolic demand Fever with active inflammation, abscess, or fistula Perianal disease fissures, fistulae, skin tags, abscesses Extraintestinal Manifestations Arthropathy peripheral or axial (enteropathic arthritis, M07.6x) Dermatologic: Erythema nodosum (L52), pyoderma gangrenosum, psoriasis (L40.5) Ocular: Uveitis/iritis (H20.01), episcleritis, scleritis Hepatobiliary: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (K73.2), fatty liver, cholelithiasis Metabolic: Osteopenia/osteoporosis (from steroid use and malabsorption), nephrolithiasis Hematologic: Anemia (iron deficiency, B12/folate deficiency, anemia of chronic disease) When a patient with Crohns disease is admitted with significant weight loss, malnutrition, or protein-calorie deficiency , query the provider to specify the degree of malnutrition (mild, moderate, severe protein-calorie malnutrition)
