Concept information
Preferred term
Sertoli Cells
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Cell, Sertoli
- Sertoli Cell
Scope note
- Supporting cells projecting inward from the basement membrane of SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. They surround and nourish the developing male germ cells and secrete the ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN and hormones such as ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE. The tight junctions of Sertoli cells with the SPERMATOGONIA and SPERMATOCYTES provide a BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER.
History note
- 68(64)
In other languages
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Finnish
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kiveksen tukisolu
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Sertolin solu
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Sertolin solut
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Sertolinsolu
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Sertolinsolut
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012708
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