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In humans, fasting systemic plasma concentrations of total GLP-1 (including metabolites generated by DPP-4-mediated degradation) are typically in the range of 510 pmol/L and can increase up to 40 pmol/L in response to a meal [236]

Moreover, GLP-1RA anti-catabolic effects can reduce cartilage degradation through the downregulation of TNF-mediated expression of catabolic enzymes, hence preserving essential components of the extracellular matrix such as type II collagen and aggrecan[15]