Background Taste peptides are oligopeptides that improve the flavor and palatability of food.
Due to their unique taste characteristics and nutritional values, the development of taste …

In the realm of human nutrition, the phenomenon known as taste refers to a distinctive
sensation elicited by the consumption of food and various compounds within the oral cavity …

The sense of taste is responsible for the detection and ingestion of food to cover energetic
requirements in health and disease. The change in taste perception might lead to …

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 …

The diseases caused by excessive sodium intake derived from NaCl consumption have
attracted widespread attention worldwide, and many researchers are committed to finding …

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; …

Premature obesity-related mortality is caused by cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases,
type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical disabilities, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer …

Taste is one of the fundamental senses, and it is essential for our ability to ingest nutritious
substances and to detect and avoid potentially toxic ones. Taste buds, which are clusters of …

Taste buds are assemblies of elongated epithelial cells, which are innervated by gustatory
nerves that transmit taste information to the brain stem. Taste cells are continuously renewed …

Taste buds are composed of a variety of taste receptor cell types that develop from tongue
epithelium and are regularly replenished under normal homeostatic conditions as well as …