Sertolin.
/səːˈtəʊli/ Anatomy.
Used attributively, with of, and in the possessive, to designate a type of somatic cell described by Sertoli, found in the walls of the seminiferous tubules.
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1880 E. Klein Atlas of Histol. xxxi. 270 Inside this membrana propria are several layers of epithelial cells, the seminal cells... They correspond to the germ-cells of Sertoli.
1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 522/2 Next to the tunica comes a layer... This layer contains two kinds of cells: First, the large Sertoli's cells, as they may be called after their discoverer.
1901 Gray's Anat. (ed. 15) 1004 The supporting cells, or cells of Sertoli.
1930 W. Bloom A. A. Maximow's Text-bk. Histol. xxxi. 595 The Sertoli cells in a seminiferous tubule with active spermatogenesis are very infrequent in comparison with the number of spermatogenic cells.
1930 W. Bloom A. A. Maximow's Text-bk. Histol. xxxi. 595 The sustentacular cells or the cells of Sertoli.
1965 J. Lee & F. Knowles Animal Hormones iii. 65 In many vertebrates oestrogens are secreted by the testis, probably by the Sertoli cells, but whether this hormone has a physiological action is still in doubt.
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