Men in the study experienced greater anabolic benefits, including improvements in insulin sensitivity and quality of life markers
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Beyond lipid metabolism, the GLP-1 RAs also shown critical anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, collectively positioning these GLP-1 RAs as a leading pharmacotherapy for MASLD (Pasta et al., 2025
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These effects are partially mediated through PCSK9 inhibition, since berberine reduces PCSK9 expression, which allows LDL receptors to be recycled more effectively rather than degraded