The good, the bald, and the hairy: A mechanosensor meets its fate at the target

Abstract
In this issue of Developmental Cell, Koutsioumpa et al. (2023) investigate the maturation of low-threshold mechanoreceptor nerve endings in both hairy and glabrous skin types and discover a critical role for target-derived BMP in the development of Meissner corpuscles in glabrous (i.e., hairless) skin.

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Christopher D Deppmann, Eli R Zunder