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Tonsil
Human
Human, female, 25-45 year
Grammer Amrie C, Slota Rebecca, Fischer Randy, Gur Hanan, Girschick Hermann, Yarboro Cheryl, Illei Gabor G, Lipsky PeterE.
Abnormal germinal center reactions in systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrated by blockade of CD154-CD40 interactions ,
J Clin Invest
 112 , 1506-20 , 2003
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tonsil
Human
Human
Grammer AC, McFarland RD, Heaney J, Darnell BF, Lipsky PE.
Expression, regulation, and function of B cell-expressed CD154 in germinal centers ,
J Immunol
 163 , 4150-9 , 1999
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Hamster
Hamster, 90-100 g
Gonzalez, A. , Oberley, T. , Schultz, J. , Ostrom, J. and Li, J.
In Vitro Charactrization of Estrogen Induced Syrian Hamster Renal Tumors: Comparison with an Immortalized Cell Line Derived from Diethylstilbestrol-Treated Adult Hamster Kidney ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 29A , 562 , 1993
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Waymouth's MB
Tumor
Hamster
Hamster, 6 week old
Min, B. , Kim, K. , Cherrick, H. and Park, N.
Three Cell Lines from Hamster Buccal Pouch Tumors Induced by Topical 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)Anthracene, Alone or in Conjunction with Herpes Simplex Virus Inoculation ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 128 , 1991
Cells
Buccal pouch
Enzymes
Medium
CMF HBSS
Tumor
Human

Human

Song, H. , Weinstein, H. , Allegakoen, P. , Wadsworth, M. , Xie, J. , Yang, H. , Castro, E. , Lu, K. , Stohr, B. , Feng, F. , Carroll, P. , Wang, B. , Cooperberg, M. , Shalek, A. and Huang, F.
Single-cell Analysis of Human Primary Prostate Cancer Reveals the Heterogeneity of Tumor-associated Epithelial Cell States. ,
Nat Commun
 13 , 141 , 2022
Cells
Prostate cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
File
Song.2022.pdf (49.12 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Jeske, S. , Schuler, P. , Doescher, J. , Theodoraki, M. , Laban, S. , Brunner, C. , Hoffman, T. and Wigand, M.
Age-related changes in T lymphocytes of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ,
Immun Ageing
 17 , 3 , 2020
Cells
Tumor infiltrating lympocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 200 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
File
11727.pdf (1.36 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Phan, N. , Hong, J. , Tofig, B. , Mapua, M. , Elashoff, D. , Moatamed, N. , Huang, J. , Memarzadeh, S. , Damoiseaux, R. and Soragni, A.
A Simple High-Throughput Approach Identifies Actionable Drug Sensitivities in Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids. ,
Commun Biol
 2 , 78 , 2019
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
File
11703.pdf (1.49 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Ayuso, J. , Vitek, R. , Swick, A. , Skala, M. , Wisinski, K. , Kimple, R. , Lambert, P. and Beebe, D.
Effects of Culture Method on Response to EGFR Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells ,
Sci Rep
 9 , 12480 , 2019
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
FM Fibroblast media
File
11708.pdf (3.73 MB)
Tumor
Human
Neal, J,, Li ,X. , Zhu, J. , Giangarra, V. , Grzeskowiak, C. , Ju, J. , Liu, I. Chiou, S. , Salahudeen, A. and Smith, A. et al
Organoid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment. ,
Cell
 175 , 1972 , 2018
Cells
Organoids
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200-300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
File
11718.pdf (15.74 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Jiang, C. , Zhang, Q. , Shanti, R. , Shi, S. , Chang, T. , Carrasco, L. , Alawi, F. and Le, A.
Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Interleukin-6 Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Acquisition of Epithelial Stem-Like Cell Properties in Ameloblastoma Epithelial Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 2083-2094 , 2017
Cells
Ameloblastoma epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Neutral Protease : 50 u/ml
Medium
MEM
File
11559.pdf (5.82 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human, 25-81 yr
Volovitz, I, Shapira, N. , Ezer, H. , Gafni, A. , Lustgarten, M. , Alter, T. , Ben-Horin, I. , Barzilai, O. , Shahar, T. , Kanner, A. , Fried, I. , Veshchev, I. , Grossman, R. and Ram, Z,
A Non-Aggressive, Highly Efficient, Enzymatic Method for Dissociation of Human Brain-Tumors and Brain-Tissues to Viable Single-Cells. ,
BMC Neurosci
 17 , 30 , 2016
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.11 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
File
11525.pdf (3.43 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Pham, K. , Delitto, D. , Knowlton, A. , Hartlage, E. , Madhavan, R. , Gonzalo, D. , Thomas, R. , Behrns, K. , George, T. , Hughes, S. , Wallet, S. , Liu, C. and Trevino, J.
Isolation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells from a Patient-Derived Xenograft Model Allows for Practical Expansion and Preserved Heterogeneity in Culture. ,
Am J Pathol
 186 , 2016
Cells
Pancreatic cancer
Enzymes
Stemxyme 1 : 0.2%
Medium
HBSS
File
11492.pdf (3.81 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Baldan, V. , Griffiths, R. , Hawkins, R. and Gilham, D
Efficient and Reproducible Generation of Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Renal Cell Carcinoma ,
Br J Cancer
 112 , 1510 , 2015
Cells
Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
File
11535.pdf (726.58 KB)
Tumor
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)
Tumor
Human
Human
Liang, S. , Marti, T. , Dorn, P. , Froment, L. , Hall, S. , Berezowska, S. , Kocher, G. , Schmid, R. and Peng, R.
Blocking the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Pathway Abrogates Resistance to Anti-Folate Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. ,
Cell Death Dis
 6 , e1824 , 2015
Cells
Non-small cell lung tumor
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
File
11419.pdf (3.82 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Quatromoni, J. , Singhal, S. , Bhojnagarwala, P. , Hancock, W. , Albelda, S. and Eruslanov, E.
An Optimized Dissagregation Method for Human Lung Tumors That Perserves the Phenotype and Function of the Immune Cells ,
J Leukoc Biol
 97 , 201 , 2015
Cells
Lung tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 45-60 u/ml
Collagenase Type 2 : 15-20 u/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 45-60 u/ml
Elastase : 0.002%
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11458.pdf (1.6 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Yan, K. , Wu, Q. , Yan, D. , Lee, C. , Rahim, N. , Tritschler, I. , DeVecchio, J. , Kalady, M. , Hjelmeland, A. and Rich, J.
Glioma Cancer Stem Cells Secrete Gremlin1 to Promote their Maintenance Within the Tumor Hierarchy. ,
Genes Dev
 28 , 1085-100 , 2014
Cells
Glioma cancer stem
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
File
11658.pdf (2.42 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Hasselbach, L. , Irtenkauf, S. , Lemke, N. , Nelson, K. , Berezovsky, A. , Carlton, E. , Transou, A. , Mikkelsen, T. and deCarvalho, A.
Optimization of High Grade Glioma Cell Culture from Surgical Specimens for Use in Clinically Relevant Animal Models and 3D Immunochemistry. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e51088 , 2014
Cells
Glioblastoma tumor
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Collagenase Type 4 : 500 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
File
11441.pdf (1.48 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Dobbin, Z. and Landen, C.
Isolation and Characterization of Potential Cancer Stem Cells from Solid Human Tumors--Potential Applications. ,
Curr Protoc Pharmacol
 63 , Unit 14.28. , 2013
Cells
Cancer stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.05%
Hyaluronidase : 0.005%
Medium
RPMI
File
11538.pdf (301.63 KB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Welte, Y. , Davies, C. , Schafer, R. and Regenbrecht, C.
Patient Derived Cell Culture and Isolation of CD133+ Putative Cancer Stem Cells from Melanoma. ,
J Vis Exp
 73 , e50200 , 2013
Cells
Melanoma
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
File
11032.pdf (822.27 KB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Chou, J. , Fitzgibbon, M. , Mortales, C. , Towlerton, A. , Upton, M. , Yeung, R. , McIntosh, M. and Warren, E.
Phenotypic and Transcriptional Fidelity of Patient-Derived Colon Cancer Xenografts in Immune-Deficient Mice. ,
PLoS ONE
 8 , e79874 , 2013
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11058.pdf (6.05 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Hussein, D. , Punjaruk, W. , Storer, L. , Shaw, L. , Othman, R. , Ottoman, R. , Peet, A. , Miller, S. , Bandopadhyay, G. , Heath, R. , Kumari, R. , Bowman, K. , Braker, P. , Rahman, R. , Jones, G. , Watson, S. and Lowe, J.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Cancer Stem Cells: Cell Cycle Dynamics, DNA Repair, and Etoposide Extrusion. ,
Neuro Oncol
 13 , 70-83 , 2011
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11598.pdf (768.38 KB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Zhou, J, Belov, L. , Solomon, M. , Chan, C. , Clarke, S. and Christopherson, R.
Colorectal Cancer Cell Surface Protein Profiling Using an Antibody Microarray and Fluorescence Multiplexing. ,
J Vis Exp
 55 , e3322 , 2011
Cells
Colorectal cancer
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
File
10913.pdf (900.48 KB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Quintana, E. , Shackleton, M. , Foster, H. , Fullen, D. , Sabel, M. , Johnson, T. and Morrison, S.
Phenotypic Heterogeneity Among Tumorigenic Melanoma Cells from Patients that is Reversible and Not Hierarchically Organized. ,
Cancer Cell
 18 , 510 , 2010
Cells
Tumorigenic melanoma
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.05%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 50-100 u/ml
Medium
PBS
File
10601.pdf (3.43 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Sauvageot, C. , Weatherbee, J. , Kesari, S. , Winters, S. , Barnes, J. , Dellagatta, J. , Ramakrishna, N. , Stiles, C. , Kung, A. , Kieran, M. and Wen, P.
Efficacy of the HSP90 Inhibitor 17-AAG in Human Glioma Cell Lines and Tumorigenic Glioma Stem Cells. , Neuro Oncol Vol. 11 , 109 , 2009
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
File
10592.pdf (587.72 KB)
Tumor
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)
Tumor
Human
Human
Kim, M. , Evans, D. , Wang, H. , Abbruzzese, J. , Fleming, J. and Gallick, G.
Generation of Orthotopic and Heterotopic Human Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mice. ,
Nat Protoc
 4 , 1670 , 2009
Cells
Pancreatic tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Medium
RPMI-1640
File
10524.pdf (27.79 MB)
Tumor
Human
Human
Liu, R. , Wang, X. , Chen, G. , Dalerba, P. , Gurney, A. , Hoey, T. , Sherlock, G. , Lewicki, J. , Shedden, K. and Clarke, M.
The Prognostic Role of a Gene Signature from Tumorigenic Breast-Cancer Cells. ,
N Engl J Med
 356 , 217 , 2007
Cells
Breast epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 3 : 200 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Nakashiro Koh-Ichi, Hara Shingo, Shinohara Yuji, Oyasu Miho, Kawamata Hitoshi, Shintani Satoru, Hamakawa Hiroyuki, Oyasu Ryoichi.
Phenotypic switch from paracrine to autocrine role of hepatocyte growth factor in an androgen-independent human prostatic carcinoma cell line, CWR22R ,
Am J Pathol
 165 , 533-40 , 2004
Cells
Prostate stromal cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Tumor
Human
Human, adult
Nishio Jun, Iwasaki Hiroshi, Ishiguro Masko, Ohjimi Yuko, Fujita Chikako, Isayama Teruto, Naito Masatoshi, Oda Yoshinao, Kaneko Yasuhiko, Kikuchi Masahiro.
Establishment of a new human synovial sarcoma cell line, FU-SY-1, that expresses c-Met receptor and its ligand hepatocyte growth factor ,
Int J Oncol
 21 , 17-23 , 2002
Cells
Human synovial sarcoma
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Tumor
Human
Human
Emenaker N, Calaf G, Cox D, Basson M. and Qureshi N
Short Chain Fatty Acids Differentially Modulate Cellular Phenotype and c-myc Protein Levels in Primary Human Nonmalignant and Malignant Colonocytes ,
J Nutr
 46 , 96-105 , 2001
Cells
Colonocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Tumor
Human
Human
MacLeod, R.
Rapid Monolayer Primary Cell Culture from Tissue Biopsy , Cell & Tissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures Vol. 1 , Doyle, A., Griffiths, J., and Newell, D. , John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 3E:2.1 , 1995
Cells
Epithelial, fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Ham's F-12
Tumor
Human
Human
Hague, A. and Paraskeva, C
Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells , Cell & Tissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures Vol. 1 , Doyle, A., Griffiths, J., and Newell, D. , John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. , 12C:1.1 , 1995
Cells
Colon adenocarcinoma
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 100 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Human
Beaupain, R. , Mainquene, C. , Brouty-Boye, D. , Planchon, P. and Magniew, V.
"Normal" Breast Cells Adjacent to a Tumor Grown in Long-term Three Dimensional Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 29 , 100 , 1993
Cells
Tumor, breast
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 100 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Human
Kruse, C. , Mitchell, D. , Kleinschmidt-DeMasteis, B. , Franklin, W. , Morse, H. , Spector, E. and Lillehei, K.
Characterization of a Continuous Human Glioma Cell Line DBTRG-OSMG: Growth Kinetics, Karyotype, Receptor Expression and Tumor Suppressor Gene Analyses ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 28 , 609 , 1992
Cells
Glioma
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human, 9-74 year
Sheela S, Riccardi VM, Ratner N.
Angiogenic and invasive properties of neurofibroma Schwann cells ,
J Cell Biol
 111 , 645-53 , 1990
Cells
Neurofibroma
Enzymes
Medium
L-15

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Liver
Lung
Lymph nodes
Mammary
Miscellaneous
Muscle
Neural
Organoids
Pancreas
Parotid
Pituitary
Prostate
Reproductive
Scales
Skin
Spleen
Stem
Thymus
Thyroid/Parathyroid
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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.