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  • Title: Ultrastructure of Merkel corpuscles and so-called "transitional" cells in the white Leghorn chicken.
    Author: Saxod R.
    Journal: Am J Anat; 1978 Apr; 151(4):453-73. PubMed ID: 645612.
    Abstract:
    In the chicken Merkel corpuscles are located in the dermis and consist of specialized Merkel cells, discoid nerve endings and lamellar cells. Merkel cells contain characteristic membrane-bound dense-core granules and bundles of microfilaments. Asymmetric junctions, synapse like, with thickened membranes and clusters of dense-core vesicles were observed between the Merkel cells and the nerve endings. The nerve ending is derived from myelinated nerves and sometimes contains clusters of clear vesicles. A laminar system formed by lamellar cells of the Schwann cell type encloses the Merkel cells and the nerve endings. So called "transitional" cells, showing some of the morphological features of both keratinocytes and Merkel cells, were observed in the basal layer of the epidermis. One was located partly in the epidermis and partly in the dermis. The structure of Merkel corpuscles is compared with that of Merkel cells in other tetrapods. The developmental significance of "transitional" cells and the origin of Merkel cells are discussed.
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