Your body has special switches called GLP-1 receptors not just in your gut and pancreas, but also in your heart, brain, kidneys, and even cartilage — and they help control different body functions in...

GLP-1 receptors are found in small amounts in certain parts of healthy human organs like the pancreas, gut, lungs, and brain, but they’re not found at all in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, or adrenal glands.

There's a protein in people's and mice's joint tissues that might be a good target for treating arthritis.

The heart has the same kind of genetic message for the GLP-1 receptor as the pancreas, which means the heart might respond to GLP-1 signals—even though we're not sure yet if that message actually turns into working proteins there.

Some tumors have a special 'door' called GLP-1 receptors that other cancers don’t have — this might let doctors target just those tumors without affecting healthy cells.

GLP-1 drugs are changing the game for treating obesity because they help people lose more weight and improve heart and metabolic health better than older treatments.