Diet-induced regulation of bitter taste receptor subtypes in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.

Bitter taste receptors and signaling molecules, which detect bitter taste in the mouth, are expressed in the gut mucosa. In this study, we tested whether two distinct bitter taste receptors, the bitter taste receptor 138 (T2R138), selectively activated by isothiocyanates, and the broadly tuned bitte...

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Main Authors: Gaia Vegezzi, Laura Anselmi, Jennifer Huynh, Elisabetta Barocelli, Enrique Rozengurt, Helen Raybould, Catia Sternini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4169553?pdf=render