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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
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.

Kaissling B, Hegyi I, Loffing J, Le Hir M (April 1996). "Morphology of interstitial cells in the healthy kidney". Anat. Embryol. 193 (4): 303–18. doi:10.1007/bf00186688. PMID 8694267. S2CID 38386286. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12.