TY - JOUR AU - Aoki, Mieko AU - Takao, Tetsuya AU - Takao, Kyoichi AU - Koike, Fumihiko AU - Suganuma, Narufumi PY - 2014 DA - 2014/08/15 TI - Lower expressions of the human bitter taste receptor TAS2R in smokers: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis JO - Tobacco Induced Diseases SP - 12 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Despite the fact that smokers have deficit in detecting taste, particularly bitter taste, no study has investigated its biological correlate. SN - 1617-9625 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-12-12 DO - 10.1186/1617-9625-12-12 ID - Aoki2014 ER -