Taste Receptors Mediate Sinonasal Immunity and Respiratory Disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Douglas, Jennifer E ^a,b   Cohen, Noam A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway physiology; Biofilm; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Innate immunity; Mucociliary clearance; Taste receptors; Upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

PHENYLTHIOUREA; PROTEIN T2R38; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BITTER TASTE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAS2R38 GENE; TASTE BUD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PARANASAL SINUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 85021308465     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/IJMS18020437     Document Type: Review

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