The human bitter taste receptor T2R38 is broadly tuned for bacterial compounds.

T2R38 has been shown to be a specific bacterial detector implicated in innate immune defense mechanism of human upper airway. Several clinical studies have demonstrated that this receptor is associated with the development of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). T2R38 was previously reported to bind to hom...

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Main Authors: Christophe Verbeurgt, Alex Veithen, Sébastien Carlot, Maxime Tarabichi, Jacques E Dumont, Sergio Hassid, Pierre Chatelain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5597121?pdf=render