Title:Drug Design of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Importance of In Silico Methods
Volume: 27
Issue: 8
Author(s): Smriti Sharma and Vinayak Bhatia*
Affiliation:
- ICARE Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, U.P., Noida,India
Keywords:
GLP-1, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), GLP-1 receptor agonists, In Silico, CADDD, molecular docking, drug design.
Abstract: Drug design based on degradation-resistant, long-acting Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R)
agonists for treating type 2 diabetes is attracting a lot of attention. Here, the authors have examined in detail
how in silico drug design is aiding in developing novel GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs. Their pharmacotherapy
and adverse effects have also been summarized. After the analysis of currently available information on this
topic, the authors feel that in silico method is a great auxiliary tool in almost all the experimental studies on
GLP-1 receptors and is highly efficient in identifying novel drug molecules that can act as GLP-1 receptor agonists.