Enteroendocrine cells: A site of 'taste' in gastrointestinal chemosensing

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Sternini, Catia ^a,b   Anselmi, Laura ^a   Rozengurt, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent neurons; Chemoreception; Gustducin; Peptides; Taste receptors

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BITTER TASTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 38049129559     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3282f43a73     Document Type: Review

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