Genetic variation in putative salt taste receptors and salt taste perception in humans.

doi:10.1093/chemse/bjs090

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Genetic variation in putative salt taste receptors and salt taste perception in humans.

Chemical senses - 1 Feb 2013

Dias Andre G, Rousseau Dérick, Duizer Lisa, Cockburn Moira, Chiu Winnie, Nielsen Daiva, El-Sohemy Ahmed

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The objective of this study was to determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SCNN1A (3), SCNN1B (12), SCNN1G (6), and TRPV1 (10) genes affect salt taste perception. Participants were men (n = 28) and women (n = 67) from the Toronto Nutrigenomics and Health study aged 21-31 y...

Topics

Adult
Epithelial Sodium Channels
Female
Humans
Male
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Sodium Chloride, Dietary
TRPV Cation Channels
Taste Perception
Taste Threshold
Young Adult

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