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    Glossary Merkel cells

    specialized skin cells that detect touch and pressure

    Merkel cells are specialized skin cells located in the epidermis, particularly in areas with high tactile sensitivity like fingertips. They function as mechanoreceptors, meaning they help detect touch and pressure, and are connected to nerve endings to transmit sensory information to the brain.

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    1. Merkel Cell Carcinoma: More Deaths but Still No Pathway to Blame Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2007 · 211 citations
    2. Identifying the Target Cells and Mechanisms of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infection Cell Host & Microbe · 2016 · 133 citations
    3. Dynamics of Merkel Cell Patterns in Developing Hair Follicles in the Dorsal Skin of Mice, Demonstrated by a Monoclonal Antibody to Mouse Keratin 8 Cells Tissues Organs · 1995 · 64 citations
    4. Epithelial skirt and bulge of human facial vellus hair follicles and and associated Merkel cell-nerve complex Archives of Dermatological Research · 1993 · 48 citations
    5. Ectopic<i>Atoh1</i>expression drives Merkel cell production in embryonic, postnatal and adult epidermis Development · 2015 · 41 citations
    6. Merkel cell differentiation in trichoblastoma Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin · 1998 · 34 citations
    7. The cellular basis of mechanosensory Merkel-cell innervation during development eLife · 2019 · 32 citations
    8. Localization of Merkel cells at hairless and hairy human skin sites using keratin 18 Biochemistry and Cell Biology · 1995 · 28 citations
    9. Long-term staining of live Merkel cells with FM dyes Cell and Tissue Research · 2003 · 27 citations
    10. Spatial relationship between Merkel cells and Langerhans cells in human hair follicles Journal of dermatological science · 2002 · 27 citations
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