Bitter taste receptors: Extraoral roles in pathophysiology

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-204

  Shaik, Feroz Ahmed ^a,b   Singh, Nisha ^a,b   Arakawa, Makoto ^a   Duan, Kangmin ^a,b   Bhullar, Rajinder P ^a   Chelikani, Prashen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway diseases; Asthma; Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs); Bronchodilation; Cystic fibrosis; G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); T2R polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCEROL; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA2; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BITTER TASTE; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM CELL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMATITIS; TASTE BUD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASES; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84961960745     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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