Reproducible and clinically translatable hepatoprotective effects of tirzepatide in the GAN diet-induced obese and biopsy-confirmed mouse model of MASH
Background & aim: The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) dual agonist tirzepatide is currently approved for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. In a recent phase 2b trial (SYNERGY-NASH) in patients with metabolic-dysfunction…
Superior Hepatoprotective Effects of OPK-88006, a Novel GLP-1/Glucagon receptor dual agonist, to Semaglutide and Survodutide in the GAN Diet-Induced Obese and Biopsy-Confirmed Mouse Model of MASH
Background & aim: OPK-88006 is a novel peptide-based, long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R)/glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist in current preclinical development for metabolic diseases, including obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The present study aimed to compare the therapeutic profile…
Tirzepatide reduces tumor burden in the GAN diet-induced obese and biopsy-confirmed mouse model of MASH-HCC with advanced fibrosis
Background & aim: The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) dual agonist tirzepatide is currently approved for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. In a recent phase 2b trial (SYNERGY-NASH) in patients with metabolic-dysfunction…
Metabolic effects of survodutide in DIO mice at thermoneutrality
Background & aim: Survodutide is a dual agonist of the glucagon receptor (GCGR) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R), currently in clinical development for obesity and related metabolic disorders. By concurrently enhancing GCGR and GLP1R signaling, survodutide offers a synergistic approach…
Molecular Hallmarks of Lung Cellular Senescence in the Repetitive Bleomycin-induced and Spirometry-confirmed Mouse Model of IPF
Background & aim: Growing evidence suggests that senescent cells contribute to the development and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study aimed to identify and characterize key markers of lung senescence using a repetitive bleomycin-induced (BLEO), spirometry-confirmed mouse model…
Automated AI-assisted Ashcroft scoring of lung fibrosis in spirometry-confirmed and bleomycin-induced mouse model of IPF
Background & aim: The Ashcroft scoring system, originally developed for clinical assessment of pulmonary fibrosis, is widely applied in preclinical models of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Like other manual, semiquantitative histopathological methods, Ashcroft scoring it subject to inter- and intra-observer…
Comparative anti-fibrotic efficacy of resmetirom, semaglutide, tirzepatide and efruxifermin in the GAN diet-induced obese and biopsy-confirmed mouse model of MASH
Background & aim: Resmetirom (RES, THR-βR agonist) has recently been FDA-approved for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Other drug concepts are in late-stage clinical development for MASH, including semaglutide (SEMA, GLP1R agonist), tirzepatide (TZP, GLP1R-GIPR co-agonist) and efruxifermin…
