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GLP-1 is also produced by pancreatic islet cells and neurons within the NTS of the brainstem.56 The peptide is rapidly degraded by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 into GLP-1 amide and subsequently cleared renally, resulting in a short half-life of approximately two minutes.47 Activation of the G protein-coupled GLP-1 receptor increases intracellular calcium concentrations within pancreatic islets, thereby promoting insulin exocytosis

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