By Donna Monthei, RDN, LD | Originally Published: May 7, 2025 | Medically Reviewed on June 18, 2026 First things first, lets do a quick recap on what these GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonists actually do
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Viral infection For lentiviral production, HEK293T cells were co-transfected with 4 g 8.91, 1 g pVSVG, 5 g of lentivector (shRNA targeting SHMT2 : CCAGAATTTGTAGCTGAGATT, and ATF4 : GCGAGTGTAAGGAGCTAGAAA, obtained from RNA Technology platform and Gene manipulating core, Academia Sinica) by using 30 L of Turbofect (Thermo, R0533) in 1 mL of Opti-MEM (Gibco, 31985070) according to the manufacturers instructions
Self-controlled case analysis of semaglutide exposure showed an increased risk of NAION (meta-analysis incidence rate ratio: 1.32)