The Merkel Cell

From the contents: Merkel cells as mechanoreceptors in vertebrates.- 3D-microanatomy of Merkel cells.- FM dye staining of living Merkel cells.- Distribution of Merkel cells in normal skin and mucosae in dogs.- Merkel cells in transplanted flaps.- The sensory system of peri-implant tissue - behavior of Merkel cells and nerve fibres.- Merkel cell nerve endings in sinus hairs of young and aged rats.- Immunohistochemical characterization of normal canine Merkel cells.- Merkel cells in the human fetal and adult esophagus.- Possible functional significance of spatial relationship between Merkel cells and Langerhans cells in human hair follicles.- Mammalian Merkel cells as neural crest derivatives.- Dissociation and quantification of normal human Merkel cells.- Confocal microscopic analysis of full Merkel cell innervation in cat mystacial vibrissa follicles.- Voltage dependent Ca-channels in Merkel cells of hamster oral mucosa.- Localization of signal transduction proteins in the Merkel cell axon complex.- Possible glutamate receptor involvment in transmission at the Merkel cell - nerve terminal junction ?.- Transduction in Merkel cell mechanoreceptors.- Merkel cell carcinoma - A short review.- Glycoconjugates in Merkel cell carcinomas.- Two distinct subtypes of Merkel cell carcinoma.- Developmentally regulated transcription factors in Merkel cell carcinoma.- Expression patterns of connexins in Merkel cell carcinoma and adjacent epidermis.- Expression patterns of tight junction proteins in Merkel cell carcinoma.- Ganglioside profiles of Merkel cell carcinoma.- MOC-31, S-100 protein and cytokeratin 7 immunoreactivity in Merkel cell and Merkel cell carcinoma.- Merkel cell carcinomas possess telomerase activity.- Chemotherapy in Merkel cell carcinoma with distant metastasis - proposal of a pan-European clinical trial.