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Development began in the 2010s, when researchers modified a GIP-based scaffold to add GLP-1 activity and then attached the fatty diacid to lengthen its half-life. Clinical evaluation proceeded through large phase 3 programmes in type 2 diabetes and in obesity, and regulators in the United States cleared the compound for type 2 diabetes in 2022 and for chronic weight management in 2023. Several cardiovascular and metabolic outcome studies are still reporting, so the picture of long-term benefit and risk is incomplete. Approvals in other regions followed on different timelines.
Tirzepatide is a synthetic peptide of 39 amino acids that carries a C20 fatty diacid side chain attached through a linker. Its molecular formula is C225H348N48O68, and its molecular weight is about 4813 daltons. The compound belongs to the incretin mimetic class and is administered by subcutaneous injection. The fatty acid chain promotes binding to serum albumin, which slows renal clearance and extends the circulation time of the molecule. It was identified during screening of sequences derived from glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide.
Tirzepatide activates both the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor and the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor, making it a dual agonist rather than a selective agent. Engagement of the GLP-1 receptor is linked to glucose-dependent insulin release, slower gastric emptying, and reduced appetite signalling. The relative contribution of the GIP arm remains an active research question; proposed roles include improved insulin sensitivity and altered adipose tissue handling. Receptor occupancy studies suggest the molecule interacts with both targets at circulating concentrations achieved during therapy.
Clinical development proceeded through large phase 3 programmes in type 2 diabetes and in obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related comorbidity. Regulatory approvals followed in several jurisdictions for both indications. Weekly subcutaneous dosing reflects an elimination half-life of roughly five days. Open questions include the durability of metabolic effects after treatment stops, long-term cardiovascular and hepatic outcomes beyond completed trials, and whether the dual mechanism confers benefits independent of total receptor occupancy. Published literature continues to expand on these points. Substantial uncertainty remains about interindividual variability in response.
Tirzepatide is a synthetic linear peptide of 39 amino acids that acts as a dual agonist at the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors. Its sequence derives from native GIP but incorporates non-natural residues and a C20 fatty diacid moiety linked to a lysine side chain. The lipophilic chain promotes albumin binding, which slows renal clearance and extends circulation time. The unmodified peptide has a molecular formula of C225H348N48O68 and a molecular mass near 4,813 daltons.
| Property | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Molecular formula | C225H348N48O68 | Peptide backbone with a fatty diacid chain |
| Molecular weight | About 4813 Da | Calculated from the formula |
| Receptor targets | GIP and GLP-1 receptors | Dual agonist activity at both sites |
| Route of administration | Subcutaneous injection | No approved oral form at present |
| Elimination half-life | About 5 days | Supports extended intervals between administrations |
Published work supports the view that engaging two incretin receptors produces changes in glucose handling and body weight larger than those seen with single-receptor activation. Why that difference arises is not fully settled. Open questions include how much of the observed weight effect depends on central versus peripheral signaling, and whether the two receptors form interacting complexes. Most reported findings come from controlled trials and animal models, and translation between species is imperfect. Further research is expected to refine these points over time.
Tirzepatide is a synthetic peptide built from 39 amino acid residues. Its sequence is related to human glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, with modifications that include a C-terminal extension and a C20 fatty diacid joined through a linker. Those changes raise the molecule's affinity for serum albumin, which slows renal filtration and lengthens the time it stays in circulation. The free base has an average molecular mass near 4813.5 daltons. The compound is made by solid-phase peptide synthesis followed by chromatographic purification.
At the receptor level, tirzepatide activates both the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor and the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor. Both belong to the class B family of G protein-coupled receptors and signal largely through cyclic AMP accumulation. The compound binds the two receptors with differing affinity, and the pattern of signaling at each site is described in the literature as biased rather than simply proportional to occupancy. Tissues carrying these receptors include pancreatic islets, adipose tissue, the central nervous system, and the gastrointestinal tract. The relative weight of each receptor population in producing metabolic effects continues to be studied.
The peptide activates two G protein-coupled receptors, GIPR and GLP-1R. Binding triggers adenylyl cyclase activity and raises intracellular cyclic AMP in pancreatic beta cells, which potentiates insulin release when glucose is elevated. Signaling in the central nervous system is associated with reduced appetite and lower energy intake, while effects on gastric emptying and glucagon secretion are also reported. Because activity at both receptors is retained, the pharmacological profile is often described as incretin-based rather than selective for a single receptor.
After subcutaneous injection, absorption is gradual, and peak plasma levels are generally reached within one to three days. Albumin binding extends the apparent half-life to roughly five days, which supports a weekly administration schedule. Metabolism proceeds mainly through proteolytic cleavage of the peptide backbone and beta-oxidation of the fatty acid chain, rather than through cytochrome P450 pathways. Eliminated fragments are largely recycled through general protein turnover, and excretion of intact drug in urine is minimal. These properties distinguish the molecule from short-acting incretin mimetics.
Tirzepatide is a synthetic peptide of 39 amino acids engineered from the native glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide sequence. Its structure incorporates several non-natural residues and a C-terminal segment derived from glucagon-like peptide-1, together with a C20 fatty diacid moiety attached through a linker. The lipophilic side chain promotes binding to serum albumin, which slows renal clearance after administration. The compound is classified as a dual incretin receptor agonist and is supplied as a lyophilized powder for reconstitution or as a preformulated solution, depending on the presentation.
== Therapeutic use == Though the exact mechanism of its anti-epilepsy effect is not clear, several studies have shown that BmKAEP can inhibit coriaria lactone-induced epilepsy in rats by prolonging the latent epilepsy period, relieving the degree of seizures and shortening its average duration, at a pharmacological dosage of only 0.057 μg/g. Mesobuthus martensii, especially its tail, has been used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat several neuronal diseases, such as several types of paralysis, apoplexy and epilepsy.
By 1999, the economy had rebounded with a growth of 5.4 per cent, followed by an 8.5 per cent growth in 2000. Mahathir later recalled that his decision to peg the ringgit to the US dollar in 1998 felt like "putting his head on the chopping block". In the 1990s, Mahathir found himself at odds with Malaysian royalty over conflicting economic interests. In response to conflicts between Malaysian royals and prospective business leaders, Mahathir's government passed a resolution on royal activities. In the 1992 Gomez Incident, Sultan Iskandar's son, a representative field hockey player, was suspended from competition for five years for assaulting an opponent. Iskandar retaliated by pulling all Johor hockey teams out of national competitions. When a local coach criticised his decision, Iskandar ordered him to his palace and beat him. The federal parliament unanimously censured Iskandar, and Mahathir took the opportunity to remove the constitutional immunity of the sultans from civil and criminal suits. The press backed Mahathir and, in an unprecedented development, started airing allegations of misconduct by members of Malaysia's royal families. As the press revealed examples of the rulers' extravagant wealth, Mahathir resolved to cut financial support to royal households. With the press and the government pitted against them, the sultans capitulated to the government's proposals. Their powers to deny assent to bills were limited by further constitutional amendments passed in 1994.
==== Tulips ==== Tulips have been cultivated since at least the tenth century in Persia. Tulip production has two main markets: cut flowers and bulbs. The latter are used, in turn, to meet the demand for bulbs for parks, gardens, and home use and, secondly, to provide the necessary bulbs for cut flower production. International trade in cut flowers has an approximate total value of 11 billion euros, which provides an indication of the economic importance of this activity. The main producer of tulip bulbs is the Netherlands, a country that accounts for 87% of the global cultivated area, with approximately 12,000 hectares. Other leading producers include Japan, France and Poland. Approximately ten other countries produce commercial tulips, largely for the domestic market. By contrast, the Netherlands is the leading international producer, to the extent of 4 billion bulbs per annum. Of these, 53% are used for the cut flower market and the remainder for the dry bulb market. Of the cut flowers, 57% are used for the domestic market in the Netherlands and the remainder exported. Original Tulipa species can be obtained for ornamental purposes, such as T. tarda and T. turkestanica. These are referred to as species, or botanical, tulips, and tend to be smaller plants but better at naturalising than the cultivated forms. Breeding programs have produced a wide range of tulip types, enabling blooming through a much longer season by creating early, mid- and late spring varieties.
euploidy The condition of a cell or organism having an abnormal number of complete sets of chromosomes, possibly excluding the sex chromosomes. Euploidy differs from aneuploidy, in which a cell or organism has an abnormal number of one or more specific individual chromosomes.
=== Depletion of adenine nucleotides === Having eliminated loss of respiration, Albrich et al. proposes that the cause of death may be due to metabolic dysfunction caused by depletion of adenine nucleotides. Barrette et al. studied the loss of adenine nucleotides by studying the energy charge of HClO-exposed cells and found that cells exposed to HClO were unable to step up their energy charge after addition of nutrients. The conclusion was that exposed cells have lost the ability to regulate their adenylate pool, based on the fact that metabolite uptake was only 45% deficient after exposure to HClO and the observation that HClO causes intracellular ATP hydrolysis. It was also confirmed that, at bacteriocidal levels of HClO, cytosolic components are unaffected. So it was proposed that modification of some membrane-bound protein results in extensive ATP hydrolysis, and this, coupled with the cells inability to remove AMP from the cytosol, depresses metabolic function. One protein involved in loss of ability to regenerate ATP has been found to be ATP synthetase. Much of this research on respiration reconfirms the observation that relevant bacteriocidal reactions take place at the cell membrane.
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A New York Times article in 1995 referred to the park as the "Town Square of Midtown" and an "office oasis" frequented by midtown office workers. Further improvements included the installation of two newsstands in 1992, one each at Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Open-air concerts in the summers, which drew thousands of people, were commenced. To lessen infestations of pigeons eating the plants, the BPC started scattering corn kernels that contained the drug azacosterol, which resulted in many pigeons becoming infertile without any other side effects. Meanwhile, financing for a restaurant in Bryant Park next to the library was finally secured in 1993. The restaurant, Bryant Park Grill, opened in 1995.
In veterinary practice, dogs are the species most commonly affected by hypothyroidism. The majority of cases occur as a result of primary hypothyroidism, of which two types are recognized: lymphocytic thyroiditis, which is probably immune-driven and leads to destruction and fibrosis of the thyroid gland, and idiopathic atrophy, which leads to the gradual replacement of the gland by fatty tissue. There is often lethargy, cold intolerance, exercise intolerance, and weight gain. Skin changes and fertility problems are seen in dogs with hypothyroidism, as well as many other symptoms. The signs of myxedema can be seen in dogs, with prominence of skin folds on the forehead, and cases of myxedema coma are encountered. The diagnosis can be confirmed by a blood test, as the clinical impression alone may lead to overdiagnosis. Lymphocytic thyroiditis is associated with detectable antibodies against thyroglobulin, although they typically become undetectable in advanced disease. Treatment is with thyroid hormone replacement. Other species that are less commonly affected include cats and horses, as well as other large domestic animals. In cats, hypothyroidism is usually the result of other medical treatments such as surgery or radiation. In young horses, congenital hypothyroidism has been reported predominantly in Western Canada and has been linked with the mother's diet.
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is the volume of the smallest standard shipping container. It is equivalent to 1,172 cubic feet (33.2 m3). Larger intermodal containers are commonly described in multiples of TEU, as are container ship capacities.
=== Males === While anorexia nervosa is more commonly found in women, it can also affect men, with a lifetime prevalence of 0.3% in men. However, a lack of awareness of eating disorders in males may lead to underdiagnosis and underreporting. This can include a lack of knowledge about what kinds of behaviors males with eating disorders might display, as they differ slightly from those found in females, with a 2009 survey showing that females are more inclined to report fasting, body checking, and body avoidance, whereas males are more prone to report overeating. Due to this limited knowledge of how anorexia nervosa is presented in males, it often takes men longer to be diagnosed and receive treatment than women. An additional difference is in the use of supplements to affect bodyweight, with women being more prone to using diet pills and men being more prone to using anabolic steroids. Moreover, men who exhibit symptoms of anorexia may not meet the BMI criteria outlined in the DSM-IV due to having more muscle mass and therefore a higher bodyweight. Consequently, a subclinical diagnosis, such as Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (ED-NOS) in the DSM-IV or Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) in the DSM-5, is often made instead. Men with anorexia may also experience body dysmorphia, reporting their bodies to be twice as large than in actuality, and body dissatisfaction, especially with regard to muscularity and body composition. Men tend to place more emphasis on a muscular build as opposed to pursuing thinness.
==== Campaign ==== The Democratic runoff race for this district gained national attention in May 2026 after multiple comments made by candidate Maureen Galindo, who led the first round of the primary, were condemned by state and national Democrats for antisemitism. On social media, Galindo pledged to turn an ICE Detention Center into a "prison for American Zionists", and later suggested on a radio broadcast that primary rival Johnny Garcia should be tried for treason due to his alleged support from Israel. Following the remarks, John Lira, a former primary opponent who had previously endorsed Galindo, rescinded his endorsement. Prominent Democrats directly rebuked Galindo's candidacy or endorsed Garcia, including U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Suzan DelBene and Hakeem Jeffries, alongside Texas state representatives James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, who are the Democratic nominees in the concurrent Senate and the gubernatorial elections respectively.
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The upper esophagus lies at the back of the mediastinum behind the trachea, adjoining along the tracheoesophageal stripe, and in front of the erector spinae muscles and the vertebral column. The lower esophagus lies behind the heart and curves in front of the thoracic aorta. From the bifurcation of the trachea downwards, the esophagus passes behind the right pulmonary artery, left main bronchus, and left atrium. At this point, it passes through the diaphragm. The thoracic duct, which drains the majority of the body's lymph, passes behind the esophagus, curving from lying behind the esophagus on the right in the lower part of the esophagus, to lying behind the esophagus on the left in the upper esophagus. The esophagus also lies in front of parts of the hemiazygos veins and the intercostal veins on the right side. The vagus nerve divides and covers the esophagus in a plexus.
=== Surface-induced dissociation === With surface-induced dissociation (SID), the fragmentation is a result of the collision of an ion with a surface under high vacuum. Today, SID is used to fragment a wide range of ions. Years ago, it was only common to use SID on lower mass, singly charged species because ionization methods and mass analyzer technologies weren't advanced enough to properly form, transmit, or characterize ions of high m/z. Over time, self-assembled monolayer surfaces (SAMs) composed of CF3(CF2)10CH2CH2S on gold have been the most prominently used collision surfaces for SID in a tandem spectrometer. SAMs have acted as the most desirable collision targets due to their characteristically large effective masses for the collision of incoming ions. Additionally, these surfaces are composed of rigid fluorocarbon chains, which don't significantly dampen the energy of the projectile ions. The fluorocarbon chains are also beneficial because of their ability to resist facile electron transfer from the metal surface to the incoming ions. SID's ability to produce subcomplexes that remain stable and provide valuable information on connectivity is unmatched by any other dissociation technique. Since the complexes produced from SID are stable and retain distribution of charge on the fragment, this produces a unique, spectra which the complex centers around a narrower m/z distribution. The SID products and the energy at which they form are reflective of the strengths and topology of the complex.
Likewise, some scientists have proposed that Middle Paleolithic societies such as Neanderthal societies may also have practiced the earliest form of totemism or animal worship, in addition to their (presumably religious) burial of the dead. In particular, Emil Bächler suggested (based on archaeological evidence from Middle Paleolithic caves) that a bear cult was widespread among Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals. A claim that evidence was found for Middle Paleolithic animal worship c. 70,000 BCE originates from the Tsodilo Hills in the African Kalahari desert has been denied by the original investigators of the site. Animal cults in the Upper Paleolithic, such as the bear cult, may have had their origins in these hypothetical Middle Paleolithic animal cults. Animal worship during the Upper Paleolithic was intertwined with hunting rites. For instance, archaeological evidence from art and bear remains reveals that the bear cult apparently involved a type of sacrificial bear ceremonialism, in which a bear was shot with arrows, finished off by a shot or thrust in the lungs, and ritually worshipped near a clay bear statue covered by a bear fur with the skull and the body of the bear buried separately. Barbara Ehrenreich controversially theorizes that the sacrificial hunting rites of the Upper Paleolithic (and by extension Paleolithic cooperative big-game hunting) gave rise to war or warlike raiding during the following Epipaleolithic and Mesolithic or late Upper Paleolithic.
Biko was neither a communist nor capitalist. Described as a proponent of African socialism, he called for "a socialist solution that is an authentic expression of black communalism". This idea was derided by some of his Marxist contemporaries, but later found parallels in the ideas of the Mexican Zapatistas. Noting that there was significant inequality in the distribution of wealth in South Africa, Biko believed that a socialist society was necessary to ensure social justice. In his view, this required a move towards a mixed economy that allowed private enterprise but in which all land was owned by the state and in which state industries played a significant part in forestry, mining, and commerce. He believed that, if post-apartheid South Africa remained capitalist, some black people would join the bourgeoisie but inequality and poverty would remain. As he put it, if South Africa transitioned to proportional democracy without socialist economic reforms, then "it would not change the position of economic oppression of the blacks". In conversation with Woods, Biko insisted that the BCM would not degenerate into anti-white hatred "because it isn't a negative, hating thing. It's a positive black self-confidence thing involving no hatred of anyone". He acknowledged that a "fringe element" may retain "anti-white bitterness"; he added: "we'll do what we can to restrain that, but frankly it's not one of our top priorities or one of our major concerns.
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It is a synthetic 39-amino-acid peptide that acts on two incretin receptors, the GIP receptor and the GLP-1 receptor. It is given by subcutaneous injection and has a circulating half-life of roughly five days. It is not a small molecule and is not absorbed usefully from the gut in conventional oral form.
Selective agents act on one receptor, while tirzepatide engages both GIP and GLP-1 receptors. The added GIP activity may contribute effects on insulin sensitivity and on fat metabolism. Whether the dual action produces meaningful clinical advantages beyond differences in potency is still being examined.
The downstream consequences of GIP receptor activation are not fully characterised in humans. It is also unclear how much each receptor contributes to appetite reduction and to shifts in body composition. Published work describes associations and proposed pathways rather than settled causal chains.
It is a dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist, frequently grouped with incretin-based peptide therapeutics. It is a peptide rather than a small molecule and is given by subcutaneous injection.