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Descriptor English: Merkel Cells
Descriptor Spanish: Células de Merkel
Descriptor células de Merkel
Entry term(s) célula de Merkel
receptor de Merkel
Scope note: Células epidérmicas modificadas localizadas en la capa basal. Se encuentran principalmente en áreas donde la percepción sensitiva es aguda, como las yemas de los dedos. Las células de Merkel están íntimamente asociadas con un bulbo terminal expandido de una fibra nerviosa mielínica aferente. No deben confundirse con el corpúsculo de Merkel que es una combinación de una neurona y una célula epidérmica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Células de Merkel
Descriptor French: Cellules de Merkel
Entry term(s): Cellule de Merkel
Récepteur de Merkel
Récepteurs de Merkel
Tree number(s): A08.675.650.915.750.425
A08.800.950.750.425
A11.409.875
A11.436.660
A11.671.650.915.750.425
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018862
Scope note: Modified epidermal cells located in the stratum basale. They are found mostly in areas where sensory perception is acute, such as the fingertips. Merkel cells are closely associated with an expanded terminal bulb of an afferent myelinated nerve fiber. Do not confuse with Merkel's corpuscle which is a combination of a neuron and an epidermal cell.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Carcinome à cellules de Merkel MeSH
DeCS ID: 32690
Unique ID: D018862
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Cellules de Merkel - Preferred
Concept UI M0028216
Preferred term Cellules de Merkel
Entry term(s) Cellule de Merkel
Récepteur de Merkel
Récepteurs de Merkel



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