Mechanisms of taste cell differentiation : interaction between taste cells and taste nerves in reconstruction system

分析了味觉神经参与了味觉细胞分化的区域性差异，以及软腭部和菌状乳头味觉转导机制的区域性差异。我们的结果表明，味觉神经可能不参与味觉细胞分化的区域差异，苦味转导的差异可能不仅是由于G-α蛋白的差异，也是由于苦味受体的差异。

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.