Merkel cells in vitro: Production of nerve growth factor and selective interactions with sensory neurons

Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications.

1979 • 54,907 citations

Methods in Enzymology , Vol

1966 • 26,261 citations

Trophic factors and neuronal survival

1989 • 1,631 citations

Physiology of nerve growth factor.

1980 • 1,602 citations

The structure and function of a slowly adapting touch corpuscle in hairy skin

1969 • 765 citations

Nerve growth factor in sympathetic ganglia and corresponding target organs of the rat: correlation with density of sympathetic innervation.

1983 • 564 citations

Identification of a synaptic vesicle-specific membrane protein with a wide distribution in neuronal and neurosecretory tissue.

1981 • 560 citations

Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

1987 • 555 citations

Monoclonal antibodies distinguish several differentially phosphorylated states of the two largest rat neurofilament subunits (NF-H and NF-M) and demonstrate their existence in the normal nervous system of adult rats

1987 • 490 citations

Recognition of position-specific properties of tectal cell membranes by retinal axons in vitro

1987 • 486 citations

Segmentation in the vertebrate nervous system

1984 • 440 citations

The neurotrophic theory and naturally occurring motoneuron death

1989 • 397 citations

Relationship between levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its messenger RNA in sympathetic ganglia and peripheral target tissues.

1984 • 359 citations

Cellular localization of nerve growth factor synthesis by in situ hybridization.

1987 • 345 citations

Trophic regulation of nerve cell morphology and innervation in the autonomic nervous system

1988 • 342 citations

Development of sympathetic neurons in compartmentalized cultures

1982 • 303 citations

[53] Long-term culture of dissociated sympathetic neurons

1979 • 294 citations

Isolation from chick somites of a glycoprotein fraction that causes collapse of dorsal root ganglion growth cones

1990 • 286 citations

Collapse of growth cone structure on contact with specific neurites in culture

1987 • 284 citations

The enrichment of a neuronal growth cone collapsing activity from embryonic chick brain

1990 • 279 citations

The structure and function of cutaneous sensory receptors.

1988 • 272 citations

A comparative light microscopic analysis of the sensory innervation of the mystacial pad. I. Innervation of vibrissal follicle‐sinus complexes

1986 • 266 citations

Evidence that endogenous beta nerve growth factor is responsible for the collateral sprouting, but not the regeneration, of nociceptive axons in adult rats.

1987 • 265 citations

Development of sympathetic neurons in compartmentalized cultures

1982 • 239 citations

Chemotropic effect of specific target epithelium in the developing mammalian nervous system

1986 • 235 citations

Relation of target encounter and neuronal death to nerve growth factor responsiveness in the developing mouse trigeminal ganglion

1984 • 225 citations

Development, Organization, and Processing in Somatosensory Pathways

1985 • 223 citations

Release of plasminogen activator and a calcium-dependent metalloprotease from cultured sympathetic and sensory neurons

1985 • 221 citations

Merkel Cell Receptors: Structure and Transducer Function

1981 • 218 citations

Axonal guidance in the chick visual system: Posterior tectal membanes induce collapse of growth cones from the temporal retina

1990 • 208 citations

Effects of neonatal whisker lesions on mouse central trigeminal pathways

1984 • 207 citations

The Merkel Cell

1973 • 204 citations

The innervation of the mystacial region of the white mouse: A topographical study.

1985 • 195 citations

The tactile hair of the white rat

1913 • 179 citations

Neuron-specific enolase in the Merkel cells of mammalian skin. The use of specific antibody as a simple and reliable histologic marker.

1981 • 171 citations

Nerve growth factor enhances dendritic arborization of sympathetic ganglion cells in developing mammals

1988 • 171 citations

Quantitative correlation between barrel-field size and the sensory innervation of the whiskerpad: a comparative study in six strains of mice bred for different patterns of mystacial vibrissae

1986 • 168 citations

On the importance of being inhibited, or saying no to growth cones

1988 • 158 citations

Development of order in the rat trigeminal system

1983 • 147 citations

Pattern and specificity of axonal outgrowth following varying degrees of chick limb bud ablation

1984 • 144 citations

Recognition of cell types by axonal growth cones in vitro

1980 • 141 citations

THE MERKEL CELL SYSTEM AND A COMPARISON BETWEEN IT AND THE NEUROSECRETORY OR APUD CELL SYSTEM

1977 • 140 citations

Nerve growth factor in mouse saliva. Rapid isolation procedures for and characterization of 7 S nerve growth factor

1978 • 138 citations

Increased sensitivity in peroxidase immunocytochemistry

1986 • 130 citations

Interactions between growth cones and neurites growing from different neural tissues in culture

1987 • 124 citations

The structure and function of the Haarscheibe

1967 • 124 citations

The ultrastructure and innervation of rat vibrissae

1966 • 123 citations

Homing behaviour of axons in the embryonic vertebrate brain

1986 • 114 citations

Synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor by L and 3T3 Cells in Culture

1974 • 110 citations

Impulse generation in type I cutaneous mechanoreceptors.

1974 • 108 citations

Sensory hair follicles in mammalian skin: The tylotrich follicle

1960 • 100 citations

Proximal tissues and patterned neurite outgrowth at the lumbosacral level of the chick embryo: Partial and complete deletion of the somite

1988 • 93 citations

Merkel cells as targets of the mechanosensory nerves in salamander skin

1981 • 90 citations

Influence of glycosaminoglycans on neurite morphology and outgrowth patterns in vitro

1989 • 87 citations

Axon pathway boundaries in the developing brain. I. Cellular and molecular determinants that separate the optic and olfactory projections

1987 • 86 citations

MORPHOGENESIS OF BAARSCHEIBEN IN RATS

1977 • 81 citations

Degeneration and regeneration of peripheral nerve in the rat trigeminal system. I. Identification and characterization of the multiple afferent innervation of the mystacial vibrissae

1986 • 78 citations

The Assembly of the nervous system

1989 • 76 citations

Chapter 7 Evidence that the Merkel cell is not the transducer in the mechanosensory Merkel cell – neurite complex

1988 • 71 citations

NEURAL-EPITHELIAL INTERACTIONS IN SENSORY RECEPTORS

1977 • 70 citations

A comparative light microscopic analysis of the sensory innervation of the mystacial pad. II. The common fur between the vibrissae

1986 • 68 citations

Merkel cell distribution in the epidermis as determined by quinacrine fluorescence

1983 • 59 citations

Differences and similarities in the neurotrophic growth factor requirements of sensory neurons derived from neural crest and neural placode

1985 • 56 citations

THE HAARSCHEIBE

1977 • 55 citations

Development of Cutaneous Sensory Receptors Birds

1978 • 50 citations

A quantitative study of the time course of the reduction in merkel cell number within denervated rat touch domes

1984 • 46 citations

In vitro analysis of interactions between sensory neurons and skin: evidence for selective innervation of dermis and epidermis

1985 • 46 citations

Normal Rabbit Merkel Cells Do Not Express Neurofilament Proteins

1984 • 43 citations

Fasciculation in the early mouse trigeminal nerve is not ordered in relation to the emerging pattern of whisker follicles

1986 • 42 citations

Sympathetic nerve fibers in rat orofacial and cerebral tissues as revealed by the HRP-WGA tracing technique: a light and electron microscopic study

1986 • 38 citations

Merkel cells and the mechanosensitivity of normal and regenerating nerves in Xenopus skin

1988 • 38 citations

Fine Structural and Morphometric Studies of the Merkel Cell During Fetal and Postnatal Development

1981 • 27 citations

Degeneration and regeneration of peripheral nerve in the rat trigeminal system: III. Abnormal sensory reinnervation of rat guard hairs following nerve transection and crush

1989 • 26 citations

Axonal domains within shared touch domes in the rat: A comparison of their fate during conditions favoring collateral sprouting and following axonal regeneration

1988 • 23 citations

Growth of normal human amnion epithelial cells in serum-free medium

1982 • 16 citations

Merkel cell mitoses in vibrissae: an ultrastructural study.

1987 • 14 citations

Evidence that endogenous beta nerve growth factor is responsible for the collateral sprouting, but not the regeneration, of nociceptive axons in adult rats

1988 • 12 citations

Quantitative effects of NGF on the growth of embryonic frog axons

1986 • 10 citations