List of interstitial cells

Interstitial 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, cells present in the male testes responsible for the production of androgen (male sex hormone)
A portion of the stroma of ovary
Certain cells in the pineal gland
Renal interstitial cells[1]
neuroglial cells

See also

List of human cell types derived from the germ layers

References

Sybil B Parker (ed). "Interstitial cell". McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Fifth Edition. International Edition. 1994. Page 1041.

Kaissling B, Hegyi I, Loffing J, Le Hir M (April 1996). "Morphology of interstitial cells in the healthy kidney". Anat. Embryol. 193 (4): 303–18. doi:10.1007/bf00186688. PMID 8694267. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12.

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