| Evidence |
At P5 and P10 the majority of captured cells were of somatic origin (Fig. 2c) and contained a substantial number of cells with expression proles similar to adult Leydig and Sertoli cells, as well as a large population of Fetal Leydig cells (FLCs) based on Dlk1 expression22. In addition, we detected cells forming the basal lamina, such as peritubular myoid cells (PTM, Acta223) and vascular Endothelial cellss (Tm4sf124), as well as testicular macrophages (Cd1425), for all of which we identified specific marker genes (Supplementary Fig. 4a_c, Supplementary Data 3). |
