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Sertoli cells

Sertoli cells is the plural of Sertoli cell.

Meaning of Sertoli cell

Noun

Sertoli cell (plural Sertoli cells)

  1. A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.
    • In 2009, researchers reported7 deactivating an ovarian gene called Foxl2 in adult female mice; they found that the granulosa cells that support the development of eggs transformed into Sertoli cells, which support sperm development.2015, Claire Ainsworth, ‘Sex redefined’, Nature, volume 518, number 7539

Questions about Sertoli cells

What is Sertoli cells the plural of?
Sertoli cells is the plural of Sertoli cell.

Words near Sertoli cells in the dictionary

  1. sertanistas
  2. Serthi
  3. sertindole
  4. Sertoli cell
  5. Sertoli cell-only syndrome
  6. Sertoli cells
  7. Sertoman
  8. Sertomans
  9. Sertorian
  10. Sertorians
  11. sertraline

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