Aureli G, Lauria A
Basic Appl Histochem. 1979;23(2):85-91.
The results of a study on interstitial cells of the horse gonads from foetal life to puberty are reported. The morphological (also ultrastructural) histochemical, histophysical and histoenzymological findings both in the organ and in monolayer cultures, clarify the problem of the ontogenesis of these cells showing that: --foetal interstitial cells give origin to "xanthochrome" cells; --"xanthochrome" cells in the prepuberal gonad are continuously renewed; --the same type of cells which in th prepuberal period undergo lipochromic degeneration, differentiate at puberty into Leydig cells in the testis and probably into thecal cells in the ovary.
报告了一项关于马性腺间质细胞从胎儿期到青春期的研究结果。该器官及单层培养物中的形态学（包括超微结构）、组织化学、组织物理学和组织酶学研究结果，阐明了这些细胞的个体发生问题，表明：——胎儿间质细胞产生“黄色素”细胞；——青春期前性腺中的“黄色素”细胞不断更新；——在青春期前经历脂色素变性的同一类型细胞，在青春期分化为睾丸中的Leydig细胞，可能分化为卵巢中的卵泡膜细胞。
