Interstitial cell refers to any one of a number of different types of cells characterized by their interstitial nature (i.e., their interposition between other cells that were usually characterized earlier or more completely.)
Examples include:
- Interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC)
- Leydig cells, cells present in the male testes responsible for the production of androgen (male sex hormone)
- A portion of the stroma of ovary
- Certain cells in the pineal gland
- Renal interstitial cells
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“I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn’t know where to die.”
—Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937)