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 information
- MESH:D007985
- CALOHA:TS-1150
- EMAPA:29655
- FMA:72297
- BTO:0000755
cellxgene_subset
Note that the Amphibian Anatomy Ontology (AA) has a class 'leydig cells' but this is unrelated
Term relations
- BFO_0000002
- interstitial cell
- testosterone secreting cell
- develops from some Leydig stem cell
- part of some Leydig cell region of testis