A subset of mouse colonic goblet cells expresses the bitter taste receptor Tas2r131.

The concept that gut nutrient sensing involves taste receptors has been fueled by recent reports associating the expression of taste receptors and taste-associated signaling molecules in the gut and in gut-derived cell lines with physiological responses induced by known taste stimuli. However, for b...

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Main Authors: Simone Prandi, Marta Bromke, Sandra Hübner, Anja Voigt, Ulrich Boehm, Wolfgang Meyerhof, Maik Behrens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3867391?pdf=render