Article
Variation in the gene TAS2R13 is associated with differences in alcohol consumption in patients with head and neck cancer.
Chemical senses - 1 Oct 2012
Dotson Cedrick D, Wallace Margaret R, Bartoshuk Linda M, Logan Henrietta L
Abstract excerpt
Variation in responsiveness to bitter-tasting compounds has been associated with differences in alcohol consumption. One strong genetic determinant of variation in bitter taste sensitivity is alleles of the TAS2R gene family, which encode chemosensory receptors sensitive to a diverse array of nat...
Topics
- Alcohol Drinking
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Taste Threshold
- Taste Receptors, Type 2