{{short description|none}} '''Interstitial cell''' refers to any cell that lies in the spaces between the functional cells of a tissue.
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<ref name="pmid8694267">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kaissling B, Hegyi I, Loffing J, Le Hir M |title=Morphology of interstitial cells in the healthy kidney |journal=Anat. Embryol. |volume=193 |issue=4 |pages=303–18 |date=April 1996 |pmid=8694267 |doi=10.1007/bf00186688 |s2cid=38386286 |url=http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00429/bibs/6193004/61930303.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130212072354/http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00429/bibs/6193004/61930303.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-12 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> * Neuroglial cells
== See also == * List of human cell types derived from the germ layers
== References == * Sybil B Parker (ed). "Interstitial cell". McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Fifth Edition. International Edition. 1994. Page 1041. {{Reflist}}
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