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Merkel Cells

Known as: Merkels Receptor, Receptors, Merkel, Merkel Receptor 
Modified epidermal cells located in the stratum basale. They are found mostly in areas where sensory perception is acute, such as the fingertips… 
National Institutes of Health

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EpidermisEpitheliumMerkel cell carcinomaMicrobiological

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Appendiceal carcinoid tumours: indications for right hemicolectomy and appendectomy
This is a review of the current best evidence pertaining to the surgical management of appendiceal carcinoid tumours and outlines… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Gastric metastasis of merkel cell cancer--uncommon complication of a rare neoplasm.
Merkel cell cancer is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy of neuroendocrine cell lineage which carries a poor prognosis. It… 
2008
2008
Bustin' Down the Door: The Surf Revolution of '75
"You have to bust down the door before they hear ya knockin'." -Rabbit In the winter of 1975, South African and Australian… 
2006
2006
Die Erste : Angela Merkels Weg zur Macht
2005
2005
Challenges and prospects for Midwest manufacturing
The Chicago Fed held a series of conferences in 2003–04 aimed at understanding the recent poor performance of the manufacturing… 
2001
2001
Sentinel lymph node dissection for merkel cell carcinoma
Abstract. Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive neuroendocrine skin tumor whose treatment modality is still controversial. It… 
2000
2000
Transient expression of a functional serotonin transporter in Merkel cells during late gestation and early postnatal rat development
Abstract. We and others have previously identified serotonin transporter mRNA throughout the trigeminal system in the whisker… 
1990
1990
Hyperplasia of Merkel cells in hyperplasia epidermis: which induces which?
Although Merkel cell (MC) was described more than a century ago by Merkel [1], the involvement of MC within a pathologic process… 
1984
1984
Contribution to ontogenesis of Merkel cells.
Merkel cells appear in the epidermis of planum nasale of the rat fetuses from the 16th day of i. u. development, namely in the… 
1978
1978
Ultrastructure of Merkel corpuscles and so-called "transitional" cells in the white Leghorn chicken.
In the chicken Merkel corpuscles are located in the dermis and consist of specialized Merkel cells, discoid nerve endings and…