Cellular Diversity and Regeneration in Taste Buds

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Physiol

Date 2021 Feb 22

PMID 33615087

Citations 16

Authors

Thomas E Finger

Linda A Barlow

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Abstract

Taste buds are the sensory end organs for gustation, mediating sensations of salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami as well as other possible modalities, e.g. fat and kokumi. Understanding of the structure and function of these sensory organs has increased greatly in the last decades with advances in ultrastructural methods, molecular genetics, and in vitro models. This review will focus on the cellular constituents of taste buds, and molecular regulation of taste bud cell renewal and differentiation.

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