The role of bitter and sweet taste receptors in upper airway innate immunity: Recent advances and future directions

Bitter (T2R) and sweet (T1R) taste receptors have been implicated in sinonasal innate immunity and in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Taste receptors are expressed on several sinonasal cell types including ciliated epithelial cells and solitary chemosensory cells. Bitter agonist...

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Main Authors: Ivy W. Maina, Alan D. Workman, Noam A. Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-09-01
Series:World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095881118300891