Bitter taste bodyguards.

• Autores: Robert J. Lee, Noam A. Cohen
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 314, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 38-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on the immune defense mechanisms of bitter taste receptors in the body. Topics include treatment of chronic sinusitis using antibiotics and steroids, discovery of T2Rs taste receptors on the epithelial cells of lungs, and a study of bitter taste receptors on a specialty cell type in the rat nose.