MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Sertoli Cells
Tree Number(s): A05.360.444.849.789; A11.382.952; A11.436.837
Unique ID: D012708
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012708
Scope Note: Supporting cells projecting inward from the basement membrane of SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. They surround and nourish the developing male germ cells and secrete the ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN and hormones such as ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE. The tight junctions of Sertoli cells with the SPERMATOGONIA and SPERMATOCYTES provide a BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER.
Entry Term(s): Sertoli Cell
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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)

Sertoli Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2025