GCG and short bowel syndrome: Moreover, GLP2 exhibits a protective effect on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats,11 and GLP2 agonists decrease the need for parenteral nutrition (PN) in short bowel syndrome (SBS).12, 13 Furthermore, the absence of a motif in GLP2 could be the reason for a significantly lower strength of interaction between GLP2 and heparin in inducing protein aggregation.14