Talk:List of interstitial cells

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Disambiguation or article[edit]

The heading above implies that this is an article, while being a disambiguation page implies not being an article. I'm going to clean up the page based on WP:MOSDAB. If it's really an article and not a dab, undo my edits and remove the disambig template. -- JHunterJ 23:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Change to definition[edit]

Currently, the introductory sentence states: "Interstitial cell refers to any cell that lies between other cells."

This is incorrect. If it were true, then all cells would be interstitial. Interstitial cells exist between structures within a tissue, an area sometimes referred to as an interstitium. Paraphrasing from medical dictionary.com's definition of "interstitial", it is correct to say:

"Interstitial cell refers to a cell that lies between parts or within the interspaces of a tissue." -- Skingski (talk) 18:49, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Skingski that's an excellent point. I've tried to improve the definition here. What do you think? --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:54, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Tom (LT) OK, looking at the new version which says "...any cell that lies in the spaces between the functional cells of a tissue."

This definition should be improved since interstitial cells are functional too. However, they do not always directly contribute to the specialized overall function of the tissue; e.g., in the testis, Leydig cells do, but resident macrophages do not. Moreover, Leydig cells lie outside the major structure of the testis - the seminiferous tubule where other functional cells are.

Following the rest of the page's list:

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) lay between structures in various tissues as can be seen on the duplicative page entitled telocyte, which is another name for ICC;

Ovarian hilar cells or interstitial glands are outside follicles -- I'd have to check to be sure they are outside the stroma. The linked wikipage says the cells can be in the stroma but perhaps by invasion; another indicates the stroma is interstitial;

Renal interstitial cells I presume are outside renal tubules;

Don't know the pineal gland well;

Never heard neuroglial cells called "interstitial" before. The linked wiki page does not even use the term. They could be on the list in error.

So my sense is interstitial cells are cells that lie within spaces between the major defined structures of a tissue -- or something to that effect. Skingski (talk) 05:10, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Skingski perhaps this page is better suited as being deleted and as a redirect to wiktionary. It is purely a definition and most of the referred terms are spurious. You can comment at the deletion page :). --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:42, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What to do from here[edit]

Thanks everyone for contributing, consensus was to keep. My feeling is that a move to a page like List of interstitial cells might have support? Ping to FourViolas who proposed this idea. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:33, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, but List of interstitial cell types might be a more accurate title. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:02, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To me, "type" sounds taxonomical, and this isn't a taxonomical class. I'm comfortable with List of interstitial cells. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:00, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Either way is fine with me. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Cell types" is more technically correct, but the only potential ambiguity is that someone might think we're trying to list every individual interstitial cell, which is ridiculous enough I don't think we need to worry about it. The article could be moved more or less as it stands, but I hope to have time soon to expand it, following my example entry at the AfD, if that seems like an improvement to everyone. Replacing the lead with a more accurate definition, as Anthonyhcole suggested, as well as a sentence or two of broad context from the sources I found also seems like a good idea. FourViolas (talk) 17:10, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking this on, FourViolas. And thank you for that link to Cell type. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 13:20, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead with the rename. I'll leave the content editing to others. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:37, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for making the move. --Tom (LT) (talk) 10:33, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]