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Expression and Functional Activity of the Human Bitter Taste Receptor TAS2R38 in Human Placental Tissues and JEG-3 Cells.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 3 Mar 2016
Wölfle Ute, Elsholz Floriana A, Kersten Astrid, Haarhaus Birgit, Schumacher Udo, Schempp Christoph M
Abstract excerpt
Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) are expressed in mucous epithelial cells of the tongue but also outside the gustatory system in epithelial cells of the colon, stomach and bladder, in the upper respiratory tract, in the cornified squamous epithelium of the skin as well as in airway smooth muscle cells, in the testis and in the brain. In the present work we addressed the question if bitter taste receptors might...
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