TAS2R38 Predisposition to Bitter Taste Associated with Differential Changes in Vegetable Intake in Response to a Community-Based Dietary Intervention

TAS2R38 Predisposition to Bitter Taste Associated with Differential Changes in Vegetable Intake in Response to a Community-Based Dietary Intervention

Although vegetable consumption associates with decreased risk for a variety of diseases, few Americans meet dietary recommendations for vegetable intake. TAS2R38 encodes a taste receptor that confers bitter taste sensing from chemicals found in some vegetables. Common polymorphisms in TAS2R38 lead t...

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Main Authors: Larissa Calancie, Thomas C. Keyserling, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Kimberly Robasky, Cam Patterson, Alice S. Ammerman, Jonathan C. Schisler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018-06-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Subjects:
taste perception
bitter taste
taste receptors
gene-diet interaction
Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.300547

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