Nafstad P H
Department of Anatomy, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo.
J Anat. 1986 Apr;145:25-33.
Small Merkel cells are described in the hard palate epithelium of the chick. Further, spherical juxtaepithelial Merkel cells and more deeply situated apparently degenerating Merkel corpuscles are also described. The observations are interpreted as a reflection of a sequence of growth and decay of Merkel corpuscles, and seem to support the hypothesis of an epithelial origin of the Merkel cells.
在鸡的硬腭上皮中发现了小型默克尔细胞。此外,还描述了球形的近上皮默克尔细胞以及位置更深、明显正在退化的默克尔小体。这些观察结果被解释为默克尔小体生长和衰退序列的反映,似乎支持了默克尔细胞起源于上皮的假说。