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Agonists of bitter taste receptors and uses thereof

US8309314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke · DE

Inventors

Maik Behrens · Michendorf, DE
Anne Brockhoff · Delitzsch, DE
Christina Kuhn · Michendorf, DE
Wolfgang Meyerhof · Norderstedt, DE
Giovanni Appendino · Michendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2008
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2500/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to agonists of the human bitter-taste receptors hTAS2R14, hTAS2R10 and hTAS2R4 and their role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to methods for identifying molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress, or enhance hTAS2R14, hTAS2R10 and hTAS2R4 bitter taste transduction or bitter taste response.

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