Amat P, Paniagua R, Nistal M, Martín A
Cell Tissue Res. 1986;243(1):219-21. doi: 10.1007/BF00221871.
The ultrastructural study of testicular biopsies from 87 adult men revealed mitosis in two mature Leydig cells, each from a different man. The men showed normal hormone levels and had received no previous chemotherapy or hormone treatment, nor had they been exposed to known toxic agents. The presence of mitotic Leydig cells suggests that differentiated Leydig cells may divide and contribute either to the increase in the number of Leydig cells or to the formation of multinucleate Leydig cells.
对87名成年男性的睾丸活检组织进行的超微结构研究显示，在两个成熟的睾丸间质细胞中发现了有丝分裂，这两个细胞分别来自不同的男性。这些男性的激素水平正常，之前未接受过化疗或激素治疗，也未接触过已知的有毒物质。有丝分裂的睾丸间质细胞的存在表明，分化的睾丸间质细胞可能会分裂，并有助于睾丸间质细胞数量的增加或多核睾丸间质细胞的形成。
