GLP1R and Hyperglycemia: 1988; Uhlen et al. 2015) while in rodents and primates, GLP‐1 receptors (GLP‐1R) are located in the smooth muscle cells in the vascular walls (Pyke et al. 2014; Jensen et al. 2015). These receptors mediate important functions in the kidneys, as deletion of the IR in the proximal tubules has been shown to lead to increased hyperglycemia involving gluconeogenesis (Tiwari et al. 2013). Furthermore, transgenic mice with podocyte‐specific lack of IR has been shown to develop albuminuria (Welsh et al. 2010).