Patents Assigned to DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUR EMAHRUNGSFORSCHUNG POTSDAM-REHBRUCKE
  • ANTAGONISTS AND AGONISTS OF BITTER TASTE RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120283324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antagonists and agonists of the human bitter-taste receptors hTAS2R40, hTAS2R43, hTAS2R44, hTAS2R46, and hTAS2R47. The invention also relates to methods for identifying further molecules that suppress or enhance bitter taste transduction or bitter taste response mediated by hTAS2R40, hTAS2R43, hTAS2R44, hTAS2R46, and/or hTAS2R47 and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUR EMAHRUNGSFORSCHUNG POTSDAM-REHBRUCKE
    Inventors: Giovanni Appendino, Maik Behrens, Anne Brockhoff, Wolfgang Meyerhof