The fish gustatory system provides the final sensory evaluation in the feeding process.
Unlike other vertebrates, the gustatory system in fish may be divided into two distinct …

The sense of taste, or gustation, is mediated by taste buds, which are housed in specialized
taste papillae found in a stereotyped pattern on the surface of the tongue. Each bud …

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is one of several key conserved intercellular signaling
pathways in animals, and plays fundamental roles in the proliferation, regeneration …

Levels of obesity have reached epidemic proportions on a global scale, which has led to
considerable increases in health problems and increased risk of several diseases, including …

Knowledge of the development and evolution of the neural crest sheds light on many of the
oldest unanswered questions in developmental biology. What is the role of germ layers in …

Until recently, reliable markers for adult stem cells have been lacking for many regenerative
mammalian tissues. Lgr5 (leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 5) has …

Taste buds are chemosensory endorgans consisting of modified epithelial cells. Fish and
other vertebrates use their taste bud cells to sample potential food, either selecting or …

Background: The contribution of the endoderm to the oral tissues of the head has been
debated for many years. With the arrival of Cre/LoxP technology endoderm progenitor cells …

The neural crest and cranial ectodermal placodes are traditionally thought to be unique to
vertebrates; however, they must have had evolutionary precursors. Here, we review recent …

Background: Taste buds contain∼ 60 elongate cells and several basal cells. Elongate cells
comprise three functional taste cell types: I, glial cells; II, bitter/sweet/umami receptor cells; …