Developmental origin of avian Merkel cells.
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Developmental origin of avian Merkel cells. / Grim, M; Halata, Zdenek.
in: ANAT EMBRYOL, Jahrgang 202, Nr. 5, 5, 2000, S. 401-410.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Developmental origin of avian Merkel cells.
AU - Grim, M
AU - Halata, Zdenek
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We have investigated the developmental origin and ultrastructure of avian Merkel cells by electron microscopy and chick/quail transplantation experiments. On embryonic day 3, chick leg primordia were homotopically grafted onto Japanese quail host embryo. Fourteen days later, quail cells that had migrated into grafted chick legs were identified according to the masses of heterochromatin associated with the nucleolus that are characteristic for quail. Both in chick and quail, Merkel cells are usually located in the dermis just below the epidermis. They are placed between nerve terminals either individually or in small groups wrapped in sheaths that are formed by glial cell processes. Occasionally, some Merkel cells appear in nerve fascicles and within Herbst corpuscles. Merkel cells, as well as glial cells, in grafted chicken legs were of quail origin. This finding provides evidence against the epidermal origin of avian Merkel cells and indicates that Merkel cells are derived from neural crest cells that colonise, together with glial cells and melanocytes, the developing limb primordium.
AB - We have investigated the developmental origin and ultrastructure of avian Merkel cells by electron microscopy and chick/quail transplantation experiments. On embryonic day 3, chick leg primordia were homotopically grafted onto Japanese quail host embryo. Fourteen days later, quail cells that had migrated into grafted chick legs were identified according to the masses of heterochromatin associated with the nucleolus that are characteristic for quail. Both in chick and quail, Merkel cells are usually located in the dermis just below the epidermis. They are placed between nerve terminals either individually or in small groups wrapped in sheaths that are formed by glial cell processes. Occasionally, some Merkel cells appear in nerve fascicles and within Herbst corpuscles. Merkel cells, as well as glial cells, in grafted chicken legs were of quail origin. This finding provides evidence against the epidermal origin of avian Merkel cells and indicates that Merkel cells are derived from neural crest cells that colonise, together with glial cells and melanocytes, the developing limb primordium.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 202
SP - 401
EP - 410
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -
