| Literature DB >> 28487220 |
Iole Tomassini Barbarossa1, M Hakan Ozdener2, Latisha Love-Gregory3, Makedonka Mitreva3, Nada A Abumrad3, M Yanina Pepino4.
Abstract
Deeper understanding of signaling mechanisms underlying bitterness perception in people is essential for designing novel and effective bitter blockers, which could enhance nutrition and compliance with orally administered bitter-tasting drugs. Here we show that variability in a human odorant-binding protein gene, OBPIIa, associates with individual differences in bitterness perception of fat (oleic acid) and of a prototypical bitter stimulus, 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), suggesting a novel olfactory role in the modulation of bitterness sensitivity.Entities:
Keywords: Bitter taste; Individual differences; Olfaction; Olfactory binding protein; PROP; Smell
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28487220 PMCID: PMC5534261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.05.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Res ISSN: 0166-4328 Impact factor: 3.332