Ponencia
Glucose Released To The Mucus Of The Olfactory Epithelium By The Sustentacular Cells Is Essential To Power Odor Transduction In Olfactory Cilia
Autor
Villar, Pablo S
Delgado, Ricardo
Vergara, Cecilia
Reyes, Juan G
Bacigalupo-Vicuña, Juan Domingo
Institución
Resumen
Odor transduction takes place in the cilia of olfactory sensory
neurons (OSNs) of the olfactory epithelium, where they are
surrounded by sustentacular cells (SCs) and covered by a
mucus layer. Upon odorant binding, an odor receptor couples
to a G-protein FONDECYT FONDECYT