Recent studies show that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have anti-inflammatory effects in human and rodent pathological models, making them a potential therapeutic strategy for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension after COVID-19 infection. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a hormone well-known for regulating blood sugar, and GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been used in treatment for type 2 diabetes. But recent research shows that GLP-1RAs have anti-inflammatory effects in human and rodent models that might make them a novel therapeutic strategy for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) after COVID-19 infection. In many cases, patients with COVID-19 experience a cytokine storm — a systemic inflammatory syndrome caused by elevated levels of circulating cytokines. It is a leading cause of inflammatory lung damage, pneumonia, and death in COVID-19 patients. A recent article published in Medical Hypotheses noted that even in patients who recover from COVID-1...
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