Switching due to plateau Plateau-driven switches benefit from a different philosophy
Like other enzymes that transfer two-carbon groups, transketolase requires thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) as a co-factor in the transfer reaction
The pills OASIS 4 result (~16.6%) is broadly comparable to the 2.4mg injections STEP 1 result (~14.9%), though the trials are not directly compared
Manduca sexta GRP1 gene expression is constant in the fat body, but GRP2 gene expression is elevated during the initial wandering stage just before pupation or after an immunological attack (165)
This doesnt tell us whether the people who remained above this threshold also lowered their glucose substantially from where it started, or whether they were true non-responders. So this picture is reassuring with the vast majority of people with diabetes seeing benefits in glucose reduction, but the size of the effect still varies across people
While these medications target different pathways and can potentially be used in tandem to address both physical hunger and emotional cravings, the combination is not a shortcut