Immunohistochemical analyses point to epidermal origin of human Merkel cells

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β1-Integrin cytoskeletal signaling regulates sensory neuron response to matrix dimensionality

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Pax3 and Zic1 drive induction and differentiation of multipotent, migratory, and functional neural crest in Xenopus embryos

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The Touch Dome Defines an Epidermal Niche Specialized for Mechanosensory Signaling

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Rodents Rely on Merkel Cells for Texture Discrimination Tasks

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Exorcising the Exocyst Complex

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The origins of glioma: E Pluribus Unum?

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Dermis-derived stem cells: a source of epidermal melanocytes and melanoma?

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Re-Assessing K15 as an Epidermal Stem Cell Marker

(2011) Tammy-Claire Troy et al.   Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Human Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells (hEPI-NCSC)—Characterization and Directed Differentiation into Osteocytes and Melanocytes

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Regulation of membrane traffic by integrin signaling

(2011) Sara A. Wickström et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

New Insights Into Merkel Cell Carcinoma

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Identification of epidermal progenitors for the Merkel cell lineage

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Somatostatin regulates tight junction function and composition in human keratinocytes

(2010) Matthias Vockel et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Keratinocyte stem cells: Friends and foes

(2010) Carlo Pincelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

PAX3 Expression in Normal Skin Melanocytes and Melanocytic Lesions (Naevi and Melanomas)

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Expression of The Embryonic Stem Cell Transcription Factor SOX2 in Human Skin

(2009) Alvaro C. Laga et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Lrig1 Expression Defines a Distinct Multipotent Stem Cell Population in Mammalian Epidermis

(2009) Kim B. Jensen et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Mammalian Merkel cells are descended from the epidermal lineage

(2009) Kristin M. Morrison et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evidence for distinct populations of human Merkel cells

(2009) A.-C. Eispert et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Epidermal progenitors give rise to Merkel cells during embryonic development and adult homeostasis

(2009) Alexandra Van Keymeulen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

(2009) S. M. Maricich et al.   SCIENCE

The Extracellular Matrix: Not Just Pretty Fibrils

(2009) R. O. Hynes   SCIENCE

Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Keratinocytes Exhibit an Epidermal Transcription Program and Undergo Epithelial Morphogenesis in Engineered Tissue Constructs

(2009) Christian M. Metallo et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Common astrocytic programs during brain development, injury and cancer

(2009) Daniel J. Silver et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Sox10: A Pan-Schwannian and Melanocytic Marker

(2008) Daisuke Nonaka et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

Immunophenotyping of the human bulge region: the quest to define useful in situ markers for human epithelial hair follicle stem cells and their niche

(2008) Jennifer Elisabeth Kloepper et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Epidermal stem cells: location, potential and contribution to cancer

(2008) CA Ambler et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Cell Lineage Mapping of Taste Bud Cells and Keratinocytes in the Mouse Tongue and Soft Palate

(2008) Tadashi Okubo et al.   STEM CELLS

Redistribution of LRIG Proteins in Psoriasis

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