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MeSH Heading: Leydig Cells
Tree Number(s): A05.360.444.849.513; A06.300.312.782.513; A11.382.906; A11.436.513
Unique ID: D007985
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007985
Annotation: do not confuse X ref interstitial cells here with interstitial cells of connective tissue ( = CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS)
Scope Note: Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. TESTOSTERONE is the major androgen (ANDROGENS) produced.
Entry Term(s): Interstitial Cells, Testicular; Leydig Cell; Testicular Interstitial Cell; Testicular Interstitial Cells
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012443
Scope Note: Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. TESTOSTERONE is the major androgen (ANDROGENS) produced.
Terms: Leydig Cells Preferred Term
Term UI T023801
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Testicular Interstitial Cell
Term UI T000999803
Date11/29/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Testicular Interstitial Cells
Term UI T023803
Date05/23/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Leydig Cell
Term UI T000999802
Date11/29/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Interstitial Cells, Testicular
Term UI T023802
Date10/10/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Leydig Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2023