Editing Sertoli cell (section)

==History==
Sertoli cells are named after [[Enrico Sertoli]], an Italian physiologist who discovered them while studying medicine at the [[University of Pavia]], Italy.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|518}}</ref> He published a description of his eponymous cell in 1865.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sertoli |first1=Enrico |title=Dell'esistenza di particolari cellule ramificate nei canalicoli seminiferi del testicolo umano |journal=Il Morgagni |date=1865 |volume=7 |pages=31–40 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013772457&view=1up&seq=35 |trans-title=On the existence of particular ramified cells in the seminiferous canaliculi of the human testis |language=Italian}}</ref> The cell was discovered by Sertoli with a Belthle microscope which had been purchased in 1862. In the 1865 publication, his first description used the terms "tree-like cell" or "stringy cell"; most importantly, he referred to these as "mother cells". Other scientists later used Enrico's family name to label these cells in publications, beginning in 1888. As of 2006, two textbooks that are devoted specifically to the Sertoli cell have been published.