Like tirzepatide, it works through incretin pathways, meaning it occupies different receptor territory than cagrilintide
May support slow-wave and REM sleep architecture, per a placebo-controlled polysomnography study in younger and older adults (Copinschi et al., 1997, Neuroendocrinology, PMID 9349662)
The mechanisms most cited in the literature are promotion of angiogenesis (new blood-vessel formation, linked to VEGFR2 signaling), modulation of growth-factor and nitric-oxide pathways, and interaction with the gut-brain axis
21,22 The reader is referred to other recent articles, reviews or collections of articles that discuss biological metals and processes beyond these metals, notably nitrogenase and the maturation of the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) 23 and other molybdenum-containing enzymes 24 in bacteria, 25,26 plants and photosynthetic organisms, 27,28 and humans, 29 as well as tungsten and vanadium-cofactored enzymes