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Glucagon receptor agonist aggravates a murine model of Balkan nephropathy.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

This study used mice to test a drug for obesity. It found the drug made kidney damage worse in the mice. It is not in people yet. It shows the drug may not be safe for kidneys.

Who did this work

Kanoo S · Galdino OA · Lopez N · Kim YC · Zhang H · Ganguly S · Dhar D · Goodluck HA · Thomson SC · Vallon V

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Sep 18
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42789963/