A perivascular niche for multipotent progenitors in the fetal testis

oleh: Deepti L. Kumar, Tony DeFalco

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01

Deskripsi

Leydig cells are steroidogenic cells in the testes and produce the androgens required for male development and spermatogenesis. Here the authors show that a multipotent progenitor population producing Leydig cells, pericytes and smooth muscle cells is maintained in a perivascular niche within the mouse fetal testis.