Advances in the research of function of Merkel cells in tactile formation of skin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2018.01.010
- VernacularTitle: 默克尔细胞在皮肤触觉形成中的作用研究进展
- Author:
Xing YOU
1
;
Zairong WEI
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, 563000, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Merkel cells;
Touch;
Ion channels;
Merkel cell-neurite complexes
- From:
Chinese Journal of Burns
2018;34(1):51-54
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Skin is the largest sense organ of human, with many mechanoreceptor cells under epidermis or dermis of skin and Merkel cell is one of them. It has been confirmed that Merkel cells play an important role in the process of mechanical transmission of mammalian soft tactile stimulation. Researches showed that Merkel cells had close relation to tactile formation and functioned by Merkel cell-neurite complexes and ion channels Piezo2. This article reviews Merkel cells and the function, problem and prospect of Merkel cells in tactile formation.
