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Cells > Epithelial Cells > Sertoli Cells
Cells > Endocrine Cells > Sertoli Cells
Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Testis > Sertoli Cells

Preferred term

Sertoli Cells  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012708

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