Bitter Taste Bodyguards

Scientific American

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 38-43

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TASTE; TONGUE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 84955326758     PISSN: 00368733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0216-38     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Taste Receptor Signaling-From Tongues to Lungs. S. C. Kinnamon in Acta Physiologica, Vol. 204, No. 2, pages 158-168; February 2012.
2. The Bitter Taste Receptor T2R38 Is an Independent Risk Factor for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Requiring Sinus Surgery. Nithin D. Adappa et al. in International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, Vol. 4, No. 1, pages 3-7; January 2014.
3. Bitter and Sweet Taste Receptors Regulate Human Upper Respiratory Innate Immunity. Robert J. Lee et al. in Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol. 124, No. 3, pages 1393-1405; March 3, 2014.
4. Taste Receptors in Innate Immunity. Robert J. Lee and Noam A. Cohen in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Vol. 72, No. 2, pages 217-236; January 2015.