Interstitial cell
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Interstitial cell refers to any one of a number of different types of cells characterized by their interstitial nature (i.e., their interposition between other cells that were usually characterized earlier or more completely.)
Examples include:
- Interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC)
- Leydig cells, cells present in the male testes responsible for the production of androgen (male sex hormone)
- A portion of the stroma of ovary
- Certain cells in the pineal gland
- Renal interstitial cells[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Kaissling B, Hegyi I, Loffing J, Le Hir M (April 1996). "Morphology of interstitial cells in the healthy kidney". Anat. Embryol. 193 (4): 303–18. PMID 8694267. http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00429/bibs/6193004/61930303.htm.
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