These two substitutions , the Nle4 and D-Phe7 modifications and were introduced through the systematic structure-activity relationship programme in Victor Hrubys laboratory at the University of Arizona that established the pharmacophore requirements for melanocortin receptor agonism and produced MT-1 as a more potent, metabolically stable, and pharmacologically tractable research tool than native -MSH
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Currently in research and development are several small molecule nonpeptide oral GLP-1 agonists that have positive human research results
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Neuroscientist 2003
Survival rates were calculated relative to controls, with at least 3 biological replicates