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  November 2016   in “Cell Reports”    Touch sensitivity in mouse skin decreases during hair growth due to changes in touch receptors.  
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  March 2023   in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)”    Dynamic, light touch is sensed through a common mechanism involving Piezo2 channels in sensory axons.  
      
    The transcription factor Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and proper nerve development in touch receptors.