Variability in P2X receptor composition in human taste nerves: implications for treatment of chronic cough
Background Antagonists to the P2X purinergic receptors on airway sensory nerves relieve refractory or unexplained chronic cough (RCC/UCC) but can evoke unwanted dysgeusias because the gustatory nerves innervating taste buds express this same family of receptors. However, the subunit composition of t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2023-04-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/2/00007-2023.full |