Normal human Merkel cells are present in epidermal cell populations isolated and cultured from glabrous and hairy skin sites

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Fradette, Julie ^a   Larouche, Danielle ^a   Fugère, Claudia ^a   Guignard, Rina ^a   Beauparlant, Annie ^a   Couture, Véronique ^a   Caouette Laberge, Louise ^c   Roy, Alphonse ^a,b   Germain, Lucie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Human skin; Keratins; Mechanoreceptor; Merkel cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; INFANT; INNERVATION; KERATINOCYTE;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATINOCYTES; MERKEL CELLS;

EID: 0037289791     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12024.x     Document Type: Article

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