ReviewNutrients2019
Taste Receptors in Upper Airway Innate Immunity.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Taste receptors in chronic rhinosinusitus, what is the evidence? A systematic review.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2022Pooled it
- Direct Maxillary Sinus Tissue Analysis forJournal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Ingredients to Mask the Aversive Taste of Medicines: Lessons from the Pharmaceutical and Food Industries and Home Remedies Adopted by Caregivers.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sweet and umami TAS1R receptors: from molecular recognition to physiological function.Chemical senses · 2026Review
- Innate immune functions of bitter taste receptors across physiological systems.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- TAS2R38 taster variants-linked MGAM expression in Alzheimer's disease: a novel target for precision drug repurposing.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Next Decade Research in Asthma: Broad Omics-Based Exploration Versus Targeted Airway Epithelium Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Potential link between tastes preference and digestive system cancer hospitalisations in Fujian Province, China: big data analytics.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Quercetin as a Bitter Taste Receptor Agonist with Anticancer Effects in Head and Neck Cancer Cells.Nutrients · 2025Article
- TAS2R38-Linked MGAM Expression in Alzheimer's Disease: A Novel Target for Precision Drug Repurposing.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Bitter Taste Receptors in Bacterial Infections and Innate Immunity.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2025Review
- A deadly taste: linking bitter taste receptors and apoptosis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025Review
- hTAS2R38 polymorphisms modulate oral microbiota and influence the prevalence and treatment outcome of halitosis.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Hops bitter β-acids have antibacterial effects against sinonasal Staphylococcus aureus but also induce sinonasal cilia and mitochondrial dysfunction.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2025Article
- Contribution of the bitter taste signaling pathway to lung inflammation duringFrontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Bitter taste receptors in the gut-vascular axis: a novel target for immune and metabolic regulation of hypertension.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Extragustatory bitter taste receptors in head and neck health and disease.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Review
- The Remarkable Diversity of Vertebrate Bitter Taste Receptors: Recent Advances in Genomic and Functional Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Genomic study of taste perception genes in African Americans reveals SNPs linked to Alzheimer's disease.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Genomic Study of Taste Perception Genes in African Americans Reveals SNPs Linked to Alzheimer's Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Taste receptors, first identified on the tongue, are best known for their role in guiding our dietary preferences. The expression of taste receptors for umami, sweet, and bitter have been demonstrated in tissues outside of the oral cavity, including in the airway, brain, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs. The extra-oral taste receptor chemosensory pathways and the endogenous taste receptor ligands are generally unknown, but there is increasing data suggesting that taste receptors are involved in regulating some aspects of innate immunity, and may potentially control the composition of the nasal microbiome in healthy individuals or patients with upper respiratory diseases like chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). For this reason, taste receptors may serve as potential therapeutic targets, providing alternatives to conventional antibiotics. This review focuses on the physiology of sweet (T1R) and bitter (T2R) taste receptors in the airway and their activation by secreted bacterial products. There is particular focus on T2R38 in sinonasal ciliated cells, as well as the sweet and bitter receptors found on specialized sinonasal solitary chemosensory cells. Additionally, this review explores the impact of genetic variations in these receptors on the differential susceptibility of patients to upper airway infections, such as CRS.
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