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Leydig cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000178

A Leydig cell is a testosterone-secreting cell in the interstitial area, between the seminiferous tubules, in the testis. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12050120 GOC:tfm ]

Synonyms: interstitial cell of Leydig

Term info

database cross reference
  • MESH:D007985
  • FMA:72297
  • EMAPA:29655
  • CALOHA:TS-1150
  • BTO:0000755
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Note that the Amphibian Anatomy Ontology (AA) has a class 'leydig cells' but this is unrelated

has broad synonym

interstitial cell

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Interstitial cell of Leydig