Paper · 14636554

The receptors for mammalian sweet and umami taste.

Zhao GQ and 6 others. Cell, 2003. Cited by 936 papers, by iCite.

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Title: The receptors for mammalian sweet and umami taste.; PubMed
Journal: Cell; PubMed
Year: 2003; PubMed
Publication types: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; PubMed
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14636554/; PubMed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00844-4; PubMed
The journal: https://conductscience.org/library/journal-index/0413066; PubMed
Citations, by iCite: 936; iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite: 20.5; iCite
Revised in PubMed: 2022-03-09; PubMed

Authors7

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Order	Author	Forename
1	Zhao GQ	Grace Q
2	Zhang Y	Yifeng
3	Hoon MA	Mark A
4	Chandrashekar J	Jayaram
5	Erlenbach I	Isolde
6	Ryba NJ	Nicholas J P
7	Zuker CS	Charles S

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Topics15

NLM's MeSH indexing of the paper, its major topics first.

MeSH term	Major
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled	Major topic
Taste	Major topic
Animals
Flavoring Agents
Gene Deletion
Humans
In Situ Hybridization
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Protein Isoforms
Protein Subunits
Receptors, Opioid, kappa
Sodium Glutamate
Sucrose
Taste Buds

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Grant, as the record writes it	Agency	Country	NIH project	Stated by	Source
			Z01DE000561	NIH	NIH RePORTER
			ZIADE000561	NIH	NIH RePORTER

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Cited by538

The papers in our copy of PubMed whose reference list names this one, newest first. iCite, which reads more sources, counts 936 citations.

PMID	Title	Journal	Year	In Papers	Source
42,985,702	Convergence of sweet and umami in the mammalian taste bud.	iScience	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42985702	PubMed
42,940,232	Food-Derived Umami Peptides: Linking Candidate Discovery, Experimental Validation, and Food Applications.	Foods	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42940232	PubMed
42,810,080	Characterization and postprandial regulation of the nutrient-sensing machinery in the oral floor mucosa of 10-week-old mule ducks.	Poult Sci	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42810080	PubMed
42,678,810	Intraoral cannulation for controlled taste solution delivery in mice.	STAR Protoc	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42678810	PubMed
42,620,423	Stevia-derived sweeteners in reduced-sugar foods: formulation strategies, sensory optimization, nutritional evidence, and safety perspectives.	Front Nutr	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42620423	PubMed
42,440,246	Evaluation of Bronchial Receptors with Concentration-Response Curves, Bitterness Assessment, and Computer Simulations.	Cell Biochem Biophys	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42440246	PubMed
42,284,632	Pharmaceutical agents targeting KATP channel modulate sweet taste sensitivity in mice.	J Physiol Sci	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42284632	PubMed
42,011,691	Tyrosine kinase inhibitors affect sweet taste and dysregulate fate selection of specific taste bud cell subtypes via KIT inhibition.	Development	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42011691	PubMed
42,009,777	Structural insights into coffee bitter taste perception by TAS2R43 receptor.	Nat Struct Mol Biol	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42009777	PubMed
41,963,306	The structure and function of taste G protein-coupled receptors and their implications in diseases.	Int J Oral Sci	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41963306	PubMed

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Gene	NCBI Gene ID	Linked by	In Genes	Source
CXCR6	10,663	PubTator's text mining	https://conductscience.org/library/genes/10663	NCBI Gene
TAS1R2	80,834	PubTator's text mining	https://conductscience.org/library/genes/80834	NCBI Gene

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PubMed: 2026-11-06; PubMed
iCite: 2026-11-05; iCite
PMC's ID file: 2026-11-05; PMC's ID file
NIH RePORTER's grant and paper links: 2026-11-01; NIH RePORTER's grant and paper links
Trials: 2026-11-12
Gene search: 2026-11-11
Pipelines: 2026-09-18

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