Respiratory cilia are the driving force of the mucociliary escalator, working in conjunction
with secreted airway mucus to clear inhaled debris and pathogens from the conducting …

Olfactory and taste receptors are expressed primarily in the nasal olfactory epithelium and
gustatory taste bud cells, where they transmit real-time sensory signals to the brain …

Flavonoids are polyphenolic phytochemicals produced in fruits, nuts and vegetables and
dietary consumption of these structurally diverse compounds is associated with multiple …

Citrus is an important source of flavonoids in our daily diet. Citrus flavonoids have
antioxidant, anticancer, anti‐inflammatory, and cardiovascular disease prevention functions …

Humans can recognise five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami. Sour and salty
substances are linked to ion channels, while sweet, bitter and umami flavours are …

Host‐pathogen interactions play an important role in defining the outcome of a disease.
Recent studies have shown that the bacterial quorum sensing molecules (QSM) can interact …

In the upper respiratory epithelium, bitter and sweet taste receptors present in solitary
chemosensory cells influence antimicrobial innate immune defense responses. Whereas …

Bitter taste receptors (taste family 2 bitter receptor proteins; T2Rs), discovered in many
tissues outside the tongue, have recently become potential therapeutic targets. We have …

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 …

Introduction Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) are G protein-coupled receptors identified on the
tongue but expressed all over the body, including in airway cilia and macrophages, where …