Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Taste Receptors: The Gatekeepers of the Airway Epithelium |
| Authors: |
Katleen Martens, Brecht Steelant, Dominique M. A. Bullens |
| Source: |
Cells, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 2889 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Cytology |
| Subject Terms: |
taste receptors, respiratory tract, chronic airway diseases, polymorphisms, Cytology, QH573-671 |
| More Details: |
Taste receptors are well known for their role in the sensation of taste. Surprisingly, the expression and involvement of taste receptors in chemosensory processes outside the tongue have been recently identified in many organs including the airways. Currently, a clear understanding of the airway-specific function of these receptors and the endogenous activating/inhibitory ligands is lagging. The focus of this review is on recent physiological and clinical data describing the taste receptors in the airways and their activation by secreted bacterial compounds. Taste receptors in the airways are potentially involved in three different immune pathways (i.e., the production of nitric oxide and antimicrobial peptides secretion, modulation of ciliary beat frequency, and bronchial smooth muscle cell relaxation). Moreover, genetic polymorphisms in these receptors may alter the patients’ susceptibility to certain types of respiratory infections as well as to differential outcomes in patients with chronic inflammatory airway diseases such as chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma. A better understanding of the function of taste receptors in the airways may lead to the development of a novel class of therapeutic molecules that can stimulate airway mucosal immune responses and could treat patients with chronic airway diseases. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2073-4409 |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2889; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/cells10112889 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/1fb645b30ad74898b79381dcb3614c4e |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.1fb645b30ad74898b79381dcb3614c4e |
| Database: |
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