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ArticleScience signaling2017

Bacterial d-amino acids suppress sinonasal innate immunity through sweet taste receptors in solitary chemosensory cells.

Robert J Lee, Benjamin M Hariri, Derek B McMahon, Bei Chen, Laurel Doghramji, Nithin D Adappa, James N Palmer, David W Kennedy, Peihua Jiang, Robert F Margolskee and 1 more

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Article in Science signaling, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Robert J LeeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rjl@mail.med.upenn.edu cohenn@uphs.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-6686
Benjamin M HaririDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Derek B McMahonDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-5890
Bei ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Laurel DoghramjiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-0726
Nithin D AdappaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
James N PalmerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
David W KennedyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-1336
Peihua JiangMonell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-8248
Robert F MargolskeeMonell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-2887
Noam A CohenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rjl@mail.med.upenn.edu cohenn@uphs.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9462-3932
University of Pennsylvania · USMonell Chemical Senses Center · USVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR COREP30DK019525 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL A. LAZAR · 1986 to 2026
$48.3M
Chronic Rhinosinusitis and genetics of bitter taste receptorsR01DC013588 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COHEN, NOAM A · 2014 to 2018
$2.4M
Pathways and genes of sweet taste cellsR01DC014105 · NIDCD · MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER · PI MARGOLSKEE, ROBERT F. · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
Allele specific expression of TAS2R38 in human taste and nasal tissueR21DC013886 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COHEN, NOAM A, REED, DANIELLE RENEE · 2015 to 2016
$508k
Sweet receptor (T1R2/3) signaling in the upper airway and regulation of immunityR03DC013862 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEE, ROBERT J. · 2015 to 2017
$480k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013588NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014105NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC013862NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC013886NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK019525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the upper respiratory epithelium, bitter and sweet taste receptors present in solitary chemosensory cells influence antimicrobial innate immune defense responses. Whereas activation of bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) stimulates surrounding epithelial cells to release antimicrobial peptides, activation of the sweet taste receptor (T1R) in the same cells inhibits this response. This mechanism is thought to control the magnitude of antimicrobial peptide release based on the sugar content of airway surface liquid. We hypothesized that d-amino acids, which are produced by various bacteria and activate T1R in taste receptor cells in the mouth, may also activate T1R in the airway. We showed that both the T1R2 and T1R3 subunits of the sweet taste receptor (T1R2/3) were present in the same chemosensory cells of primary human sinonasal epithelial cultures. Respiratory isolates of

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAmino AcidsCells, CulturedChemoreceptor CellsHumansNasal MucosaParanasal SinusesPseudomonas aeruginosaReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledStaphylococcus aureusTasteTaste Receptors, Type 2Amino AcidsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledtaste receptors, type 1Taste Receptors, Type 2

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PMID28874606
PMCPMC5615852
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