Sensory Nerve Sprouting into Human Skin Explants Confers Improved Survival to Merkel Cells Independent of Merkel Cell-Neurite Complexes

J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Aug;143(8):1617-1620.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.02.016. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Authors

Moe Tsutsumi¹, Saito Sakaguchi², Kazuki Takagaki², Jérémy Chéret³, Ralf Paus³, Kentaro Kajiya²

Affiliations

¹ MIRAI Technology Institute, Shiseido Co, Ltd, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² MIRAI Technology Institute, Shiseido Co, Ltd, Yokohama, Japan.
³ Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA; Monasterium Laboratory, Muenster, Germany.

PMID: 36863447
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.02.016

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MeSH terms

Humans
Mechanoreceptors
Merkel Cells* / physiology
Neurites* / physiology
Peripheral Nervous System
Skin / innervation