Acknowledgement
Bench-work studies on pancreatic and extra-pancreatic functions of GLP-1 and its based drugs in Jin’s lab have been supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT159735 to T.J.). JP is a visiting PhD student supported by China Scholarship Council. JF is a PhD student supported by Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program and the Banting & Best Diabetes Centre (BBDC)-Novo Nordisk Studentship.