The bitter truth about bitter taste receptors: Beyond sensing bitter in the oral cavity

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 407-420

  Avau, B ^a   Depoortere, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appetite; Asthma; Extra oral; Innate immunity; Motility; Taste

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TAS2R PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BITTER TASTE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TASTE BUD;

HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84959518053     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12621     Document Type: Review

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