# List of interstitial cells

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'''Interstitial cell''' refers to any [cell](/source/cell_(biology)) that lies in the spaces between the functional cells of a [tissue](/source/tissue_(anatomy)).

Examples include:
* [Interstitial cell of Cajal](/source/Interstitial_cell_of_Cajal) (ICC)
* [Leydig cell](/source/Leydig_cell)s, cells present in the male testes responsible for the production of androgen (male sex hormone)
* A portion of the [stroma of ovary](/source/stroma_of_ovary)
* Certain cells in the [pineal gland](/source/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](/source/Neuroglial_cells)

== See also ==
* [List of human cell types derived from the germ layers](/source/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.
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