Fungiform Papillae
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Denver Papillae Protocol for Objective Analysis of Fungiform Papillae
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2015
Here we present a protocol to measure fungiform papilla density from digital photographs. This method builds prioritization and objective characteristic metrics into the original descriptive work on fungiform papillae by Miller & Reedy (1990).
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Isolation and Culture of Human Fungiform Taste Papillae Cells
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2012
We aimed to develop a reproducible protocol for isolating and maintaining long-term cultures of human fungiform taste papillae cells. Cells from human fungiform papillae obtained by biopsy were successfully maintained in culture for more than eight passages (12 months) without loss of viability.
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Technique to Collect Fungiform (Taste) Papillae from Human Tongue
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2010
Knowledge of molecular mechanisms underlying gustatory transduction has recently enjoyed significant advances, largely due to using animal models. However, the wide diversity in taste sensitivity and specificity among mammals warrants studies in human tissue. We describe a biopsy technique to collect living taste cells from the papillae on human tongue.
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Isolation of Circumvallate Papillae (CVP) Epithelium from Mouse Model: An Enzymatic Procedure to Separate CVP Epithelium from Mouse Tongue
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2025
In this video, we describe the isolation of circumvallate papillae (CVP) epithelium from a murine tongue.
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Whole-Mount Staining, Visualization, and Analysis of Fungiform, Circumvallate, and Palate Taste Buds
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2021
This paper describes methods for tissue preparation, staining, and analysis of whole fungiform, circumvallate, and palate taste buds that consistently yield whole and intact taste buds (including the nerve fibers that innervate them) and maintain the relationships between structures within taste buds and the surrounding papilla.
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After chemicals dissolve in saliva, they enter taste pores within the epithelial tissue of a fungiform papilla. Receptor cells in the taste buds respond to that stimulus and convert it into neural signals. Sensory pathways then carry the information to the brain, linking a local epithelial event with perception of taste and oral sensation.
The epithelial tissue provides the setting in which taste buds are located and taste pores receive dissolved chemicals. Because this surface connects chemical exposure with receptor-cell activity, its organization helps biologists relate epithelial structure to specialized sensory function in the tongue. This makes fungiform papillae relevant to both tissue biology and sensory biology.
Researchers examine their number, shape, and taste-bud density. These features provide structural and cellular measures of the tongue’s sensory surface, allowing studies to investigate how its organization relates to taste perception. Examining all three characteristics gives biology research more than a simple presence-or-absence assessment of these specialized structures.
Taste pores provide the entry point for chemicals dissolved in saliva, while receptor cells inside taste buds detect the resulting stimulus. Sensory pathways act later by carrying the receptor-cell output toward the brain. Separating these stages helps biologists distinguish events at the tongue’s surface from neural transmission involved in sensory processing.
A study can assess the number and shape of the papillae together with the density of taste buds in their epithelial tissue. These observations describe how the sensory surface is organized and can be related to taste perception or oral sensation. The same measurements also support research on changes associated with development, nutrition, and aging.
Their structure and taste-bud density can be examined when researchers investigate conditions that alter taste. Such studies connect changes in the tongue’s specialized sensory surface with differences in oral sensation and taste perception. This context also extends the biological relevance of fungiform papillae beyond normal sensory organization to disorders and other factors affecting taste.