Touch domes and Merkel cells in hamster cheek pouch epithelium

Lilian Calderon-Solt*, D. B. Solt

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Abstract

Minute dome-shaped elevations on the epithelial surface of hamster buccal pouch were counted in full-thickness whole mounts of detached pouch epithelium. Domes were examined by light and electron microscopy. Each dome consisted of thickened epithelium containing numerous Merkel cells with associated unmyelinated terminal axons. The pouch domes have structural characteristics in common with Haarscheiben, or touch domes, described in hair-bearing skin in man and other mammals and must not be confused with focal hyperplastic or precancerous lesions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)569-573
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of Oral Biology
Volume29
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

Funding

.4cknon/ed~emmts--Thwiso rk was supportedi n part by grant CA 34160f rom the National Cancer InstituteD.e - partmento f Health and Human Services. D.B.S. is the recipient of Research Career Development Award CA 00863 from NIH, DHHS. We wish to thank Mr Harvey Plotnick and MS Anna Kobelas for careful typing of the manuscripta nd Mr Ronald Shore and Susan Boyle-Vavra for technical assistance.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • General Dentistry
  • Cell Biology

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