Human sperm express the receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) which affects sperm function and metabolism.

CONCLUSION: Collectively, we discovered that human sperm is a new GLP1 incretin target broadening our knowledge about the effects of the GLP1-R agonist in male reproductive field. Further findings in humans should be conducted in the future to confirm it and to improve the translational aspect of this study. PMID: 32157297 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Endocrinology Source Type: research