Bone marrow stromal and vascular smooth muscle cells have chemosensory capacity via bitter taste receptor expression.

The ability of cells to detect changes in the microenvironment is important in cell signaling and responsiveness to environmental fluctuations. Our interest is in understanding how human bone marrow stromal-derived cells (MSC) and their relatives, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), interact with t...

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Main Authors: Troy C Lund, Amanda J Kobs, Ashley Kramer, Mick Nyquist, Marcos T Kuroki, John Osborn, Diane S Lidke, Shalini T Low-Nam, Bruce R Blazar, Jakub Tolar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592821?pdf=render