Progress of research on distribution and function of bitter taste receptors in oral cavity

• Main Author: ZHANG Xiaojie, LIU Nan, XU Zimo, ZHANG Cui, QIN Qing, ZHU Kang, REN Xiaoyong, CHEN Jingguo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editorial Office of Stomatology, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent studies have demonstrated that bitter taste receptors are distributed not only in oral cavity but also in non-gustatory systems, such as the respiratory, digestive, reproductive and cardiovascular systems. The physiological role of bitter taste receptors is to recognize bitter substances or b...