Leydig cells, also known as interstitial cells of the testes and interstitial cells of Leydig, are found adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testicle...
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Leydig cell hypoplasia (or aplasia) (LCH), also known as Leydig cell agenesis, is a rare autosomal recessive genetic and endocrine syndrome affecting an...
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Leydig cell tumour, also Leydig cell tumor (US spelling), (testicular) interstitial cell tumour and (testicular) interstitial cell tumor (US spelling)...
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Sertoli–Leydig cell tumour is a group of tumors composed of variable proportions of Sertoli cells, Leydig cells, and in the case of intermediate and poorly...
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Luteinizing hormone (redirect from Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone)
males, where LH had also been called interstitial cell–stimulating hormone (ICSH), it stimulates Leydig cell production of testosterone. It acts synergistically...
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tumor that produces both Sertoli cells and Leydig cells is known as a Sertoli–Leydig cell tumor. In males, Sertoli cell tumours typically present as a testicular...
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Ovarian cancer (redirect from Germ cell ovarian cancer)
granulosa cell tumors in children and may also be associated with Sertoli-Leydig tumors. Benign fibromas are associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma...
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Leydig cell tumour. This tumour produces Leydig cells, which normally are found in the testicle and tend to secrete androgens. Sertoli–Leydig cell tumour...
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Endocrine system (redirect from Endocrine cell)
glucagon increases blood glucose level. Delta cells F Cells Ovaries Granulosa cells Testis Leydig cells The fetal endocrine system is one of the first...
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The list of human cell types provides an enumeration and description of the various specialized cells found within the human body, highlighting their...
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Reinke crystals (category Cell anatomy)
Reinke crystals are rod-like cytoplasmic inclusions which can be found in Leydig cells of the testes. Occurring only in adult humans and wild bush rats, their...
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Franz von Leydig, also Franz Leydig (German: [ˈlaɪdɪç]; 21 May 1821 – 13 April 1908), was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist. Franz Leydig was born...
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Sertoli cells. Various other somatic cells in the interstitial tissue support Sertoli cells such as Leydig cells and peritubular myoid cells therefore...
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Sertoli–Leydig cell tumour is part of the sex cord-stromal tumour group of ovarian neoplasms. These tumors produce both Sertoli and Leydig cells and lead...
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testicular development (testicular dysgenesis), Klinefelter syndrome, Leydig cell hypoplasia, specific defects of testosterone or dihydrotestosterone synthesis...
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α-intercalated cell β-intercalated cell Principal cells Sertoli cell Leydig cell Granulosa cell Peg cell Germ cells (which migrate here primordially) spermatozoon...
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Ovary (redirect from Ovarian cell)
Follicular cells are flat epithelial cells that originate from surface epithelium covering the ovary. They are surrounded by granulosa cells that have...
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Lipid-rich Sertoli cell tumor M8642/1 large cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor M8650/0 Leydig cell tumor, benign (C62._) M8650/3 Leydig cell tumor, malignant...
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Efferent ductules Epididymis Leydig cell Lobules of testis Paradidymis Rete testes Scrotal septum Seminiferous tubule Sertoli cell Spermatic cord Testicle...
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MA-10 cells are a model cell line derived from the mouse Leydig cell tumor used in biomedical research. The cell line is a luteinizing hormone-dependent...
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cell refers to any cell that lies in the spaces between the functional cells of a tissue. Examples include: Interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC) Leydig cells...
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the testis Leydig cell tumor Leydig cell tumor Sertoli cell tumor Sertoli cell tumor Large cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor Granulosa cell tumor Adult...
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hypogonadism. The dysfunction of this system is due to degradation of Leydig cells which causes testosterone levels to drop. There have been a number of...
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pattern of a Brenner tumour. Histologically, Leydig cell tumours of the testes and ovarian stromal Leydig cell tumours (ovarian hyperandrogenism and virilization)...
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Sperm (redirect from Sperm cell)
male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller,...
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nonepithelial cells appear between the tubules by week 8 of human fetal development. These are Leydig cells. Soon after they differentiate, Leydig cells begin...
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been recognized as normal constituents of certain cell types such as Sertoli cells and Leydig cells of the human testis, and are found occasionally in...
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ovarian granulosa and testicular Sertoli cells, while LH acts on ovarian theca and testicular Leydig cells. The release of these hormones are directly...
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Swyer syndrome (46,XY karyotype) XX gonadal dysgenesis (46,XX karyotype) Leydig cell agenesis or hypoplasia, not otherwise specified (46,XY karyotype) Absent...
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the cells in the testes differentiate into testosterone-producing Leydig cells, and anti-Müllerian hormone-producing Sertoli cells. The germ cells in this...
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