Class I odorant receptors, TAS1R and TAS2R taste receptors, are markers for subpopulations of circulating leukocytes

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 533-545

  Malki, Agne ^a   Fiedler, Julia ^a   Fricke, Kristina ^a   Ballweg, Ines ^b   Pfaffl, Michael W ^b   Krautwurst, Dietmar ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood leukocytes; Chemosensory GPCR; Lactisole; Olfactory; Saccharin; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SACCHARIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GNAT3 PROTEIN, RAT; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 1; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2; TRANSDUCIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EC50; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; TASTE RECEPTOR TYPE 1; TASTE RECEPTOR TYPE 2; TASTE RECEPTOR TYPE 3; UMAMI; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BOVINAE; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; ODOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHARIN; SMELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 84928774470     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.2A0714-331RR     Document Type: Article

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