A role for airway taste receptor modulation in the treatment of upper respiratory infections

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 157-170

  Douglas, Jennifer E ^a,b,c   Saunders, Cecil J ^b   Reed, Danielle R ^c   Cohen, Noam A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway physiology; chronic rhinosinusitis; epithelial biology; host pathogen interactions; innate immunity; TAS2R; taste receptors; upper respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE; RECEPTOR; T1R2+3 SWEET TASTE RECEPTOR; T2R38 BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; EXTRAORAL TASTE RECEPTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE; TASTE BUD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 84957442150     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2016.1135742     Document Type: Review

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