Concept information
Preferred term
Leydig Cells
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. TESTOSTERONE is the major androgen (ANDROGENS) produced.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Interstitial Cells, Testicular
- Leydig Cell
- Testicular Interstitial Cell
- Testicular Interstitial Cells
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Cellule de Leydig
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Cellule interstitielle du testicule
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Cellule interstitielle testiculaire
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Cellules interstitielles du testicule
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Cellules interstitielles testiculaires
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XVFFN50M-3
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