Gut chemosensing: implications for disease pathogenesis [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
The ability of humans to sense chemical signals in ingested substances is implicit in the ability to detect the five basic tastes; sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. Of these, sweet, bitter, and umami tastes are detected by lingual G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Recently, these receptors w...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2016-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/5-2424/v1 |