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    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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    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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    Leydig cell tumour, also Leydig cell tumor (US spelling), (testicular) interstitial cell tumour and (testicular) interstitial cell tumor (US spelling)...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Podocyte Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell Sertoli cell Leydig cell Granulosa cell Peg cell Germ cells (which migrate here primordially) spermatozoon...
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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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  • 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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  • affect multiple cell types and elicit multiple responses from the target organs. As a simplified generalization, LH stimulates the Leydig cells of the testes...
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    regulation of steroidogenic enzymes in the Leydig cell". In Payne AH, Hardy MP, Russell LD (eds.). Leydig Cell. Vienna [Il]: Cache River Press. pp. 260–85...
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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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    into a testis. The now-induced Leydig cells of the testis then start secreting testosterone, while the Sertoli cells produce anti-Müllerian hormone....
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    Wistuba J, Weinbauer G, Nieschlag E (2007). "The Leydig Cell as a Target for Male Contraception". The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease. Contemporary Endocrinology...
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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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  • present in steroid-producing cells, including theca cells and luteal cells in the ovary, Leydig cells in the testis and cell types in the adrenal cortex...
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    There is estimated to be about 30 trillion (3×1013) human cells in the adult human body, varying from about 20 to 40 trillion depending on the sex, age...
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    Squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina is a potentially invasive type of cancer that forms in the tissues of the vagina. Though uncommonly diagnosed, squamous...
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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 occasionally in macrophages...
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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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    seminiferous tubules. Testosterone is produced by interstitial cells, also known as Leydig cells, which reside adjacent to the seminiferous tubules. Seminiferous...
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    Leydig and Sertoli cell tumors. Although the majority of these tumors are benign, these tumors can produce hormonal changes, for example, Leydig cell...
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