Article
Taste Receptor Polymorphisms and Immune Response: A Review of Receptor Genotypic-Phenotypic Variations and Their Relevance to Chronic Rhinosinusitis.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2018
Triantafillou Vasiliki, Workman Alan D, Kohanski Michael A, Cohen Noam A
Abstract excerpt
Bitter (T2R) and sweet taste (T1R) receptors have emerged as regulators of upper airway immune responses. Genetic variation of these taste receptors additionally confers susceptibility to infection and has been implicated in severity of disease in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Ongoing taste receptor research has identified a variety of biologically active compounds that activate T1R and T2R receptors, increasing...
Topics
- Chronic Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Nasal Mucosa
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Protein Isoforms
