sustentacular cell

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sustentacular cell [¦səs·tən¦tak·yə·lər ‚sel]

(histology)

One of the supporting cells of an epithelium as contrasted with other cells with special function, as the nonnervous cells of the olfactory epithelium or the Sertoli cells of the seminiferous tubules.

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Sertoli cell

The chief cells are strongly and diffusely immunoreactive with chromogranin and synaptophysin, while the supporting sustentacular cells react with S-100 protein (figure 2).

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