Sertoli cell

English Etymology Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865. Noun en anatomy A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule. en 2015 Claire Ainsworth; ‘Sex redefined’ Nature 518 7539 In 2009, researchers reported7 deactivating an ovarian gene called Foxl2 in adult female mice; they found that the granulosa cells that support the development of eggs transformed into Sertoli cells, which support sperm development. en eponyms