Divergent bitter and sweet taste perception intensity in chronic rhinosinusitis patients.
Cailu LinAlyssa M CivantosMonique ArnoldElizabeth M StevensBeverly J CowartLauren R ColquittCorrine MansfieldDavid W KennedySteven G BrooksAlan D WorkmanMariel T BlasettiMichael A KohanskiLaurel DoghramjiJennifer E DouglasIvy W MainaJames N PalmerNithin D AdappaDanielle R ReedNoam A CohenPublished in: International forum of allergy & rhinology (2020)
CRS patients report bitter stimuli as less intense but sweet stimuli as more intense than do control subjects. We speculate that taste responses may reflect the competence of sinonasal innate immunity mediated by taste receptor function, and thus a taste test may have potential for clinical utility in CRS patients.