Sertoli cells are called so because of their eponym Enrico Sertoli, an Italian physiologist who discovered them while studying medicine in the University of Pavia, Italy.
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During male development, the gene SRY activates SOX9, which then activates and forms a feedforward loop with FGF9.
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