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Structure of interstitial cell of Leydig

Known as: Leydig Cell, cell leydig, Interstitial cell of Leydig 
Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or… 
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Crystal of ReinkeEndocrine TestisMalignant Testicular Leydig Cell TumorMicrobiological

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Testiscell typeinterstitial cell

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2009
2009
P450-aromatase activity and expression in human testicular tissues with severe spermatogenic failure.
There is evidence that impaired spermatogenesis is associated with an imbalance in the oestradiol/testosterone ratio and with… 
2005
2005
Uterine Retiform Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor: Report of a Case Providing Additional Evidence That Uterine Tumors Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumors Have a Histologic and Immunohistochemical Phenotype…
Summary:We report a case of a retiform Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of intermediate differentiation presenting as a uterine… 
1992
1992
Influence of rat testicular macrophages on Leydig cell function in vitro.
The influence of co-cultures of rat testicular macrophages and Leydig cells (LC) on LC morphology and steroidogenesis was… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Ontogeny of hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal-gonadal (HAG) interrelationships in the chick embryo.
In the male chick embryo the components of the hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal-testicular axis initially function independently of… 
1982
1982
Leydig Cells Nonspecifically Suppress Lymphoproliferation In Vitro: Implications for the Testis as an Immunologically Privileged Site *
ABSTRACT: We have studied the influence of mouse testis cells on unstimulated lymphoproliferation; on allogeneic mixed lymphocyte… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Development of Leydig cell tumors and onset of changes in the reproductive and endocrine systems of aging F344 rats.
The age-dependent onset of spontaneous testicular interstitial cell tumors was examined in F344 male rats. Light microscopy of… 
1972
1972
Isosexual pseudoprecocity in a 6-year-old boy with a testicular interstitial cell adenoma.
1971
1971
A live-born infant with 69 chromosomes.
1961
1961
An immunochemical study of sheep pituitary interstitial cell-stimulating hormone.
1952
1952
Interstitial cell tumor of the testis; study of a 5-year-old boy with pseudo-precocious puberty.
THE interstitial cells of the testis, which were first described by Leydig (1), occasionally may give rise to tumors. Eight such… 
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