“…The mRNA of proglucagon, which acts as the precursor of GLP-1, is highly expressed in the ileum of the chicken alimentary tract (Honda et al, 2017). In chickens, GLP-1 is stored in the secretory granules of L cells, which are mainly distributed in the distal ileum (Hiramatsu et al, 2003(Hiramatsu et al, , 2005Nishimura et al, 2013) and is secreted in response to dietary protein and amino acids (Monir et al, 2014a;Nishimura et al, 2015). GLP-1 secreted from L cells binds to its specific receptor, GLP-1R.…”