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Cartilage
Human
Human, adult
Jakob M, Demarteau O, Schafer D, Stumm M, Heberer M. and Martin I.
Enzymatic Digestion of Adult Human Articular Cartilage Yields a Small Fraction of the Total Available Cells ,
Conn Tissue Res
 44 , 173 , 2003
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Human
Human, adults
McEvoy A. , Murphy E. , Ponnio T. , Conneely O. , Bresnihan B. , FitzGerald O. and Murphy E.
Activation of Nuclear Orphan Receptor NURR1 Transcription by NF-kappa B and Cyclic Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate Response Element-binding Protein in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue ,
J Immunol
 168(6) , 2979 , 2002
Cells
Synoviocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Cartilage
Human
Human, 15-60 years
Rotter N, Bonassar LJ, Tobias G, Lebl M, Roy AK, Vacanti CA.
Age dependence of cellular properties of human septal cartilage: implications for tissue engineering ,
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
 127 , 1248-52 , 2001
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Human
Human
Sarkissian M, Lafyatis R.
Integrin engagement regulates proliferation and collagenase expression of rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts ,
J Immunol
 162 , 1772-9 , 1999
Cells
Synovial fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.4%
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Human
Human
Dunham B P, Koch R J.
Basic fibroblast growth factor and insulinlike growth factor I support the growth of human septal chondrocytes in a serum-free environment ,
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
 124 , 1325-30 , 1998
Cells
Septal chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Cartilage
Human
Human w/ rheumatoid arthritis
Dayer, J. , Krane, S. , Russell, R. and Robinson, D.
Production of Collagenase and Prostaglandins by Isolated Adherent Rheumatoid Synovial Cells ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 73 (3) , 945 , 1976
Cells
Synovial tissue
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
(see reference)
Cartilage
Human
Human, 13-62 years
Srivastava, V.M.L. , Malemud, C.J. , Hough, A.J. , Bland, J.H. and Sokoloff, L.
Preliminary Experience with Cell Culture of Human Articular Chondrocytes ,
Arthritis Rheum
 17 , 165 , 1974
Cells
Articular chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
BSS
Cartilage
Human
Human, 26-84 years
Manning, W.K. and Bonner, W.M.
Isolation and Culture of Chondrocytes From Human Adult Articular Cartilage ,
Arthritis Rheum
 10 , 235 , 1967
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
GBSS
Cartilage
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 day
Otsuru, S. , Hofmann, T. , Raman, P. , Olson, T. , Guess, A. , Dominici, M. and Horwitz, E.
Genomic and Functional Comparison of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Prepared Using Two Isolation Methods. ,
Cytotherapy
 17 , 262-70 , 2015
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase Type 1 : 86.5 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
File
11267.pdf (3.45 MB)
Cartilage
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Terpstra, L, Prud'homme, J, Arabian, A, Takeda, S, Karsenty, G, Dedhar, S. and St-Arnaud, R.
Reduced Chondrocyte Proliferation and Chondrodysplasia in Mice Lacking the Integrin-linked Kinase in Chondrocytes ,
J Cell Biol
 162 , 139 , 2003
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Ovine
Sheep, 2 month
Kojima Koji, Bonassar Lawrence J, Roy Amit K, Mizuno Hirokazu, Cortiella Joaquin, Vacanti Charles A.
A Composite Tissue-Engineered Trachea Using Sheep Nasal Chondrocyte and Epithelial Cells ,
FASEB J
 17 , 823-8 , 2003
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-12
Cartilage
Porcine
Porcine, 1 year
Chowdhury, T. , Schulz, R. , Rai, S. , Thuemmler, C. , Wuestneck, N. , Bader, A. and Homandberg, G
Biomechanical Modulation of Collagen Fragment-Induced Anabolic and Catabolic Activities in Chondrocyte/Agarose Constructs. ,
Arthritis Res Ther
 12 , R82 , 2010
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DEMEM
File
10611.pdf (651.83 KB)
Cartilage
Porcine
Porcine, 2-4 month
Graff RD, Lazarowski ER, Banes AJ, Lee GM.
ATP release by mechanically loaded porcine chondrons in pellet culture ,
Arthritis Rheum
 43 , 1571-9 , 2000
Cells
Chondrons
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Cartilage
Rabbit

Rabbit, New Zealand, 2.7 kg

Khalilifar, M. , Eslaminejad, M. , Ghasemzadeh, M. , Hosseini, S. and Baharvand, H.
In Vitro and In Vivo Comparison of Different Types of Rabbit Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cartilage Repair. , Cell J Vol. 21 , 150-160 , 2019
Cells
Ear mesenchymal stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 1.2-1.4 kg
Ju, X. , Deng, M. , Ao, Y. , Yu, C. , Wang, J. , Yu, J. , Cui, G. and Hu, Y.
Protective Effect of Sinomenine on Cartilage Degradation and Chondrocytes Apoptosis. ,
Yakugaku Zasshi
 130 , 1053-60 , 2010
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 1.8-2.3kg
Mehraban F, Tindal MH, Proffitt MM, Moskowitz RW.
Temporal pattern of cysteine endopeptidase (cathepsin B) expression in cartilage and synovium from rabbit knees with experimental osteoarthritis: gene expression in chondrocytes in response to interleukin-1 and matrix depletion ,
Ann Rheum Dis
 56 , 108 , 1997
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Gey's solution
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, white, 4-6 wk & 22-25 wk
Plaas, A. , Sandy, J. and Kimura, J.
Biosynthesis of Cartilage Proteoglycan & Link Protein Articular Chondrocytes ,
J Biol Chem
 263 , 7560 , 1988
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Protease XIV : 5 mg/g of tissue
Medium
Ham's F-12
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, white, male, 8 weeks
Benya, P.D. , Padilla, S.R. and Nimni, M.E.
The Progeny of Rabbit Articular Chondrocytes Synthesize Collagen Types I and III and Type I Trimer, but Not Type II ,
Biochemistry
 16 , 865 , 1977
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
Gey's BSS
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand white or Dutch, 1 week
(also human, newborn)
Schindler, F.H. , Ose, M.A. and Solursh, M.
The Synthesis of Cartilage Collagen by Rabbit and Human Chondrocytes in Primary Cell Culture ,
In Vitro
 12 , 44 , 1976
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Saline G, CMF
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand white, immature, 2.25 - 3.3 Kg
Green, J.R. and William, T.
Articular Cartilage Repair. Behavior of Rabbit Chondrocytes During Tissue Culture and Subsequent Allografting ,
Clin Orthop Relat Res
 , 237 , 1976
Cells
Articular chondrocytes
Hyaline
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
Gey's BSS
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand white, male, 250-350 g
Bentley, G. and Greer , R.
Homotransplantation of Isolated Epiphyseal and Articular Cartilage Chondrocytes into Joint Surfaces of Rabbits ,
Nature
 230 , 385 , 1971
Cells
Epiphyseal
Articular cartilage
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Eagle's basal medium
Cartilage
Rat
Rat
Mei, L. , Shen, B. , Ling, P. , Liu, S. , Xue, J. , Liu, F. , Shao, H. , Chen, J. , Ma, A. and Liu, X.
Culture-expanded Allogenic Adipose Tissue-derived Stem Cells Attenuate Cartilage Degeneration in an Experimental Rat Osteoarthritis Model. ,
PLoS ONE
 12 , e0176107 , 2017
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11820.pdf (4.39 MB)
Cartilage
Rat
Rat, SD, young, 100-120 g
Shimomura, Y. , Yoneda, T. and Suzuki, F.
Osteogenesis by Chondrocytes from Growth Cartilage of Rat Rib ,
Calcif Tissue Res
 19 , 179 , 1975
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
Ham's F-12 medium
Colon
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig, adult
Raghupathi, R. , Duffield, M. , Zelkas, L. , Meedeniya, A. , Brookes, S. , Sia, T. , Wattchow, D. , Spencer, N. and Keating, D.
Identification of Unique Release Kinetics of Serotonin From Guinea-pig and Human Enterochromaffin Cells. ,
J Physiol
 591 , 5959-75 , 2013
Cells
Enterochromaffin
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
File
11389.pdf (1.79 MB)
Colon
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-Pig, male, 200-250g
Kang, M. , Maguma, H. , Smith, T. , Ross, G. , Dewey, W. and Akbarali, H.
The Role of β-arrestin2 in the Mechanism of Morphine Tolerance in the Mouse and Guinea Pig Gastrointestinal Tract. ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 340 , 567-76 , 2012
Cells
Myenteric ganglia
Enzymes
Protease : 0.1%
Medium
Kreb's solution
Colon
Human
Human
Moser, A. , Spindelboeck, W. , Strohmaier, H. , Enzinger, C. , Gattringer, T. , Fuchs, S. , Fazekas, F. , Gorkiewicz, G. , Wurm, P. , Hogenauer, C. and Khalil, M.
Mucosal Biopsy Shows Immunologic Changes of the Colon in Patients with Early MS ,
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm
 4 , e362 , 2017
Cells
Lamina propria mononuclear
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
11635.pdf (947.99 KB)
Colon
Human
Human
Rollo, B. , Zhang, D. , Stamp, L. , Menheniott, T. , Stathopoulos, L. , Denham, M. , Dottori, M. , King, S. , Hutson, J. and Newgreen, D.
Enteric Neural Cells from Hirschsprung Disease Patients Form Ganglia in Autologous Aneuronal Colon ,
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol
 2 , 92 , 2016
Cells
Colon enteric neural
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-12
File
11493.pdf (6.56 MB)
Colon
Human
Human
VanDussen, K. , Marinshaw, J. , Shaikh, N. , Miyoshi, H. , Moon, C. , Tarr, P. , Ciorba, M. and Stappenbeck, T.
Development of an Enhanced Human Gastrointestinal Epithelial Culture System to Facilitate Patient-Based Assays. ,
Gut
 64 , 911-20 , 2015
Cells
Gastrointestinal epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11610.pdf (1.59 MB)
Colon
Human
Human
Ali, M. , Anand, S. , Tangella, K. , Ramkumar, D. and Saif, T.
Isolation of Primary Human Colon Tumor Cells from Surgical Tissues and Culturing Them Directly on Soft Elastic Substrates for Traction Cytometry. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e52532 , 2015
Cells
Colon
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
File
11633.pdf (2.3 MB)
Colon
Human
Human
Raghupathi, R. , Duffield, M. , Zelkas, L. , Meedeniya, A. , Brookes, S. , Sia, T. , Wattchow, D. , Spencer, N. and Keating, D.
Identification of Unique Release Kinetics of Serotonin From Guinea-pig and Human Enterochromaffin Cells. ,
J Physiol
 591 , 5959-75 , 2013
Cells
Enterochromaffin
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
File
11389.pdf (1.79 MB)
Colon
Human
Human
Roig, A. , Eskiocak, U. , Hight, S. , Kim, S. , Delgado, O. , Souza, R. , Spechler, S. , Wright, W. and Shay, J.
Immortalized Epithelial Cells Derived from Human Colon Biopsies Express Stem Cell Markers and Differentiate In Vitro. ,
Gastroenterol
 138 , 1012 , 2010
Cells
Colonic epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 150 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.04 mg/ml
Medium
Basal X media
Colon
Human
Human
Zhou, J. , Belov, L. , Huang, P. , Shin, J. , Solomon, M. , Chapuis, P. , Bokey, L. , Chan, C. , Clarke, C. , Clarke, S. and Christopherson, R.
Surface Antigen Profiling of Colorectal Cancer Using Antibody Microarrays With Fluorescence Multiplexing. ,
J Immunol Methods
 355 , 40 , 2010
Cells
Colorectal cancer
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Colon
Human
Human
Varnat, F. , Duquet, A. , Malerba, M. , Zbinden, M. , Mas, C. , Gervaz, P. and Ruiz i Altaba, A.
Human Colon Cancer Epithelial Cells Harbour Active HEDGEHOG-GLI Signalling that is Essential for Tumour Growth, Recurrence, Metastasis and Stem Cell Survival and Expansion. ,
EMBO Mol Med
 1 , 338-51 , 2009
Cells
Colon cancer
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 100 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11082.pdf (1.61 MB)
Colon
Human
Human
Huang, E. , Hynes, M. , Zhang, T. , Ginestier, C. , Dontu, G. , Appelman, H. , Fields, J. , Wicha, M. and Boman, B.
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 is a Marker for Normal and Malignant Human Colonic Stem Cells (SC) and Tracks SC Overpopulation During Colon Tumorigenesis. ,
Cancer Res
 69 , 3382-9 , 2009
Cells
Colonic epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
not listed
Colon
Human
Human
Dalerba Piero, Dylla Scott J, Park In-Kyung, Liu Rui, Wang Xinhao, Cho Robert W, Hoey Timothy, Gurney Austin, Huang Emina H, Simeone Diane M, Shelton Andrew A, Parmiani Giorgio, Castelli Chiara, Clarke Michael F.
Phenotypic characterization of human colorectal cancer stem cells ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 104 , 10158-63 , 2007
Cells
Cancer stem cell
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 3 : 200 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 100 u/ml
Medium
RPMI-1640
Colon
Human
Human
Fukushima, K. and Fiocchi, C.
Paradoxical Decrease of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Epithelial Cells of Active Ulcerative Colitis Patients. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 286 , G804-13 , 2004
Cells
Colonic epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640

Tissue Tables (references, grouped by tissue type and species)

Adipose/Fat
Adrenal
Bone
Brain
Cartilage
Colon
Endothelial
Epithelial
Eye
Heart
Intestine
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Lymph nodes
Mammary
Miscellaneous
Muscle
Neural
Organoids
Pancreas
Parotid
Pituitary
Prostate
Reproductive
Scales
Skin
Spleen
Stem
Thymus
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Tonsil
Tumor
Note: We have not limited the references listed to only those papers using Worthington enzymes. Generally speaking, the tissue dissociation enzymes offered by Worthington can be used interchangeably for most preparations cited.