Sinonasal solitary chemosensory cells "taste" the upper respiratory environment to regulate innate immunity

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 366-373

  Lee, Robert J ^a   Cohen, Noam A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY CHEMOSENSORY CELL; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NOSE MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; NASAL MUCOSA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84907448696     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4077     Document Type: Article

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