Association between taste perception and adiposity in overweight or obese older subjects with metabolic syndrome and identification of novel taste-related genes
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Key Words
taste
obesity
genetics
umami
salty
sour
bitter
sweet
polymorphisms
body mass index
waist circumference
Abbreviations used:
GWAS
genome-wide association study
MPG
l-glutamic acid monopotassium salt monohydrate
Met S
metabolic syndrome
PTC
phenylthiocarbamide
PROP
6-n-propylthiouracil
SNP
single nucleotide polymorphism.
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This study was partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) and the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad-Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) (grants CIBER 06/03, SAF2009-12304, PRX17/00500, PI16/00366, and SAF2016-80532-R); the University Jaume I (grants P1-1B2013-54 and COGRUP/2016/06); the Fundació La Marató de TV3 (grant 538/U/2016); H2020-EU3.2.2.2-Healthy and safe foods and diets for all (grant Eat2beNICE-728018); the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, and the Generalitat Valenciana (grant PROMETEO2017/017).
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