2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mechanisms of taste cell differentiation : interaction between taste cells and taste nerves in reconstruction system
Project/Area Number |
20592177
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Functional basic dentistry
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Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
Principal Investigator |
HARADA Shuitsu Kagoshima University, 医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (60128452)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKAYAMA Ayumi 鹿児島大学, 医歯学総合研究科, 助教 (10398290)
MIURA Hirohito 鹿児島大学, 医歯学総合研究科, 准教授 (80353936)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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Keywords | 口腔生理学 / 味覚 / 神経科学 / 細胞分化 |
Research Abstract |
The involvement of taste nerves in the regional differences in taste cell differentiation, and the regional differences in taste transduction machinery were analyzed between the soft palate and fungiform papillae. Our results suggested that taste nerves may not be involved in the regional differences in taste cell differentiation, and that the difference in bitter taste transduction may be caused by the differences in not only Gα proteins but also bitter taste receptors.
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