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Neuroendocrine properties of human foetal Leydig cells

We propose that foetal Leydig cells have dual nature: they are steroidogenic cells that produce significant levels of testosterone during the foetal development ; however, since they express NSE (and other neuronal and glial markers /found in other studies/), they could be considered as a part of a neuroendocrine system or paraneurons. Some of these cells, therefore, could be derivatives of neural crest/tube.

testis; Leydig cells; human; foetal

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