Mechanotransduction in epidermal Merkel cells

Merkel Cells Transduce and Encode Tactile Stimuli to Drive Aβ-Afferent Impulses

(2014) Ryo Ikeda et al.   CELL

Merkel Cells Are a Touchy Subject

(2014) Qiufu Ma   CELL

Plasma membrane stretch activates transient receptor potential vanilloid and ankyrin channels in Merkel cells from hamster buccal mucosa

(2014) Manabu Soya et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors

(2014) Srdjan Maksimovic et al.   NATURE

Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

(2014) Seung-Hyun Woo et al.   NATURE

Tuning Piezo ion channels to detect molecular-scale movements relevant for fine touch

(2014) Kate Poole et al.   Nature Communications

Computation identifies structural features that govern neuronal firing properties in slowly adapting touch receptors

(2014) Daine R Lesniak et al.   eLife

Neurotransmitters and synaptic components in the Merkel cell-neurite complex, a gentle-touch receptor

(2013) Srdjan Maksimovic et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

TRPV3: time to decipher a poorly understood family member!

(2013) Bernd Nilius et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Rodents Rely on Merkel Cells for Texture Discrimination Tasks

(2012) S. M. Maricich et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

Neuropeptide Transmission in Brain Circuits

(2012) Anthony N. van den Pol   NEURON

Shear mechanical force induces an increase of intracellular Ca2+ in cultured Merkel cells prepared from rat vibrissal hair follicles

(2011) Myeounghoon Cha et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory neurons

(2011) Patrick Delmas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The Regularity of Sustained Firing Reveals Two Populations of Slowly Adapting Touch Receptors in Mouse Hairy Skin

(2010) Scott A. Wellnitz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Multiple Desensitization Mechanisms of Mechanotransducer Channels Shape Firing of Mechanosensory Neurons

(2010) J. Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Piezo1 and Piezo2 Are Essential Components of Distinct Mechanically Activated Cation Channels

(2010) B. Coste et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence of fast serotonin transmission in frog slowly adapting type 1 responses

(2010) Daniel Press et al.   SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR RESEARCH

Mammalian Merkel cells are descended from the epidermal lineage

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

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

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

GABAergic/Glutamatergic-Glial/Neuronal Interaction Contributes to Rapid Adaptation in Pacinian Corpuscles

(2009) L. Pawson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

TRPA1 Modulates Mechanotransduction in Cutaneous Sensory Neurons

(2009) K. Y. Kwan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Kinetic properties of mechanically activated currents in spinal sensory neurons

(2009) François Rugiero et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Merkel Cells as Putative Regulatory Cells in Skin Disorders: An In Vitro Study

(2009) Nicholas Boulais et al.   PLoS One

Rat Merkel Cells Are Mechanoreceptors and Osmoreceptors

(2009) Nicholas Boulais et al.   PLoS One

Merkel Cells Are Essential for Light-Touch Responses

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

Merkel Cells in Somatosensation

(2008) Henry Haeberle et al.   Chemosensory Perception

Hearing Mechanics: A Fly in Your Ear

(2008) Susanne Bechstedt et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neurosensory mechanotransduction

(2008) Martin Chalfie   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Voltage-activated ion channels and Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release shape Ca2+ signaling in Merkel cells

(2008) Rebecca Piskorowski et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Swelling-Activated Ca2+ Channels Trigger Ca2+ Signals in Merkel Cells

(2008) Henry Haeberle et al.   PLoS One