Instead, its activity is believed to be mediated via adipocyte-specific signaling cascades, which gives the fragment a uniquely narrow pharmacological footprint for a peptide of its molecular size and makes it attractive to investigators who want clean lipolytic readouts
animal and investigational data only, no approved indication
Although glucagon action is primarily liver specific, glucagon receptors have been reported to be present in membranes of human adipose tissue (83), suggesting that direct action of glucagon likely plays an important role in regulating human, as well as rodent, lipolysis
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The amino acid sequence is Gly-His-Lys