van Puijenbroek EP, Bate A, Leufkens HGM, Lindquist M, Orre R, Egberts ACG
The GLP-1 receptor activation is supraphysiological, meaning it far exceeds what the body would ever produce naturally
Available from: Kosiborod MN, Bhatta M, Davies M, Deanfield JE, Garvey WT, Khalid U, Kushner R, Rubino DM, Zeuthen N, Verma S
MT-1s MC1R-preferential activity makes it the primary research tool for studying MC1R biology in pigmentation, photoprotection, and skin immunology without the confounding central melanocortin receptor activation that limits the interpretability of studies using less selective melanocortin agonists
Why it matters This research expands tesamorelins body-composition profile beyond visceral fat alone