owever,
instead of being used to detect the aroma of blueberry cobbler or a
succulent roasting chicken, the odor receptors in the lungs trigger a
response designed to protect the airways.
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
4 years ago, another study found bitter-tasting receptors in the lungs. Every time the bitter taste was detected, our lungs worked hard to sweet the chemicals out of the airways. The recent study explains why smells can cause shortness of breath, chest tightnessand other issues affecting lungs.
ublished in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology has revealed that odor receptors
aren’t just found in the nose – they also line the lungs as well.
However, instead of being used to detect the aroma of blueberry cobbler
or a succulent roasting chicken, the odor receptors in the lungs trigger
a response designed to protect the airways.
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they’re actually part of our external layer.”
“So they constantly suffer environmental insults, and it makes sense that we evolved mechanisms to protect ourselves,” added Ben-Shahar, and assistant professor of biolo
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they’re actually part of our external layer.”
“So they constantly suffer environmental insults, and it makes sense that we evolved mechanisms to protect ourselves,” added Ben-Shahar, and assistant professor of biolo
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
owever,
instead of being used to detect the aroma of blueberry cobbler or a
succulent roasting chicken, the odor receptors in the lungs trigger a
response designed to protect the airways.
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
“We forget,” said study author Yehuda Ben-Shahar, “that our body plan is a tube within a tube, so our lungs and our gut are open to the external environment. Although they’re inside us, they
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113038427/odor-receptors-discovered-in-human-lungs-010314/#3Qkt97vw3WLAxSkI.99
REFERENCES
Philip H Karp, Steven L Brody, Richard A Pierce, Michael J Welsh, Michael J Holtzman, and Yehuda Ben-Shahar (2013) Volatile-Sensing Functions for Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 0 0:ja
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