Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Coculture Techniques

A technique of culturing mixed cell types in vitro to allow their synergistic or antagonistic interactions, such as on CELL DIFFERENTIATION or APOPTOSIS. Coculture can be of different types of cells, tissues, or organs from normal or disease states.

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Abstract

A technique of culturing mixed cell types in vitro to allow their synergistic or antagonistic interactions, such as on CELL DIFFERENTIATION or APOPTOSIS. Coculture can be of different types of cells, tissues, or organs from normal or disease states.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Co-culture
  • Cocultivation
  • Coculture
  • Co culture
  • Co-cultures
  • Cocultivations
  • Coculture Technique
  • Cocultures

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM; specify cell or tissue & infecting organism if relevant, probably NIM

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History Note

2005 (1996)

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Previous Indexing

  • Cells, Cultured (1979-1995)
  • Tissue Culture (1974-1995)

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  1. E05.481w.500.374

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Coculture Techniques. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018920. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018920
  2. Coculture Techniques. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72391383