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Adipose/Fat
Avian
Scherpelz, K. , Lu, J.,Tycko, R. and Meredith, S.
Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1345 , 299 , 2016
Cells
Amyloid Fibrils
Enzymes
Medium
50mM Tris
Adipose/Fat
Avian
Scherpelz, K. , Lu, J.,Tycko, R. and Meredith, S.
Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1345 , 299 , 2016
Cells
Amyloid Fibrils
Enzymes
Medium
50mM Tris
Adipose/Fat
Human
Human, male 40-60 years
Blasi, A. , Martino, C. , Balducci, L. , Saldarelli, M. , Soleti, A. , Navone, S. , Canzi, L. , Cristini, S. , Invernici, G. , Parati, E. and Alessandri, G.
Dermal Fibroblasts Display Similar Phenotypic and Differentiation Capacity to Fat-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells, but Differ in Anti-Inflammatory and Angiogenic Potential ,
Vasc Cell
 3 , 5 , 2011
Cells
Adipose derived stem cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.25%
Medium
PBS
Adipose/Fat
Mouse

Mouse, Adult

Hay, A. , Murphy, T. , Popichak, K. , Zabel, M. and Moreno, J.
Adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells decrease prion-induced glial inflammation in vitro. ,
Sci Rep
 12 , 22567 , 2022
Cells
Mesenchymal stromal
Enzymes
Stemxyme 1 : 400u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adipose/Fat
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 4-7 weeks
Omatsu-Kanbe, M. and Matsuura, H.
Inhibition of Store-operated Ca2+ Entry by Extracellular ATP in Rat Brown Adipocytes ,
J Physiol
 521 (3) , 601 , 1999
Cells
Brown adipocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Hahm, S. , Chen, Y. , Vinson, C. and Eiden, L.
A Calcium-Initiated Signaling Pathway Propagated Through Calcineurin and cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Activates Proenkephalin Gene Transcription after Depolarization. ,
Mol Pharmacol
 64 , 1503 , 2003
Cells
Chromaffin cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Zhu, J. , Li, W. , Toews, M. and Hexum, T.
Neuropeptide Y Inhibits Forskolin-Stimulated Adenylate Cyclase in Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells via a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive Process ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 263 (3) , 1479 , 1992
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Higgins, L. and Berg, D.
Immunological Identification of a Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor on Bovine Chromaffin Cells ,
J Neurosci
 7 (6) , 1792 , 1987
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Medium
Locke's solution
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Wilson, S.P. and Viveros, O.H.
Primary Culture of Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells in a Chemically Defined Medium ,
Exp Cell Res
 133 , 159 , 1981
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 15 µg/ml
Medium
Medium A
(see reference)
Adrenal
Human
Human
Caroccia, B. , Fassina, A. , Seccia, T. , Recarti, C. , Petrelli, L. , Belloni, A. , Pelizzo, M. and Rossi, G.
Isolation of Human Adrenocortical Aldosterone-Producing Cells by a Novel Immunomagnetic Beads Method. ,
Endocrinology
 151 , 1375 , 2010
Cells
Adrenocortical
Enzymes
Medium
Krebs Ringer
Adrenal
Mouse
Mouse
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Ovine
Ovine, adult
Keating, D. , Rychkov, G. , Adams, M. , Holgert, H. , McMillen, I.C. and Roberts, M.
Opioid Receptor Stimulation Suppresses the Adrenal Medulla Hypoxic Response in Sheep by Actions on Ca(2+) and K(+) Channels. ,
J Physiol
 555 , 489 , 2004
Cells
Chromaffin cells
Enzymes
Medium
Locke's solution
Adrenal
Ovine
Ovine, 3 year
Canny B J, O'Farrell K A, Clarke I J, Tilbrook A J.
The influence of sex and gonadectomy on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis of the sheep ,
J Endocrinol
 162 , 215-25 , 1999
Cells
Anterior pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 2.5%
Medium
DMEM
Adrenal
Rat
Rat
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Rat
Rat
Gilabert, J, Montalvo, G. and Artalejo A.
Rat Chromaffin Cells Primary Cultures: Standardization and Quality Assessment for Single-Cell Assays ,
Nat Protoc
 , 294 , 2006
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, SD
Gilabert, J.
Necessary Conditions to Maintain Rat Adrenal Chromaffin Cells in Primary Culture , Cell Biology of the Chromaffin Cell , Borges, R. and Gandia, L. , Instituto Teofilo Hernando , 2004
Cells
Chromaffin cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, Wistar, newborn
Zhang L, Castell A, Avila E, Drucker-Colín R, Escobar A.
Immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and neurochemical evidences on synaptogenesis and dopamine release of rat chromaffin cells co-cultured with striatal neurons ,
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol
 59 , 170-4 , 2000
Cells
Chromaffin cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, Fischer, male, 10-16 weeks
Roskelley, C.D. and Auersperg, N.
Density Separation of Rat Adrenocortical Cells: Morphology, Steroidogenesis, and P-450scc Expression in Primary Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 493 , 1990
Cells
Adrenocortical
Enzymes
Medium
BSS
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, Fischer, male, 1-10 months
Leonard, R.K. , Auersperg, N. and Parkes, C.O.
Ascorbic Acid Accumulation by Cultured Rat Adrenocortical Cells ,
In Vitro
 19 , 46 , 1983
Cells
Adrenocortical
Enzymes
Medium
BSS
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 400-450 g
Li, C.H. , Ng, T.B. and Cheng, C.H.K.
Melanotropins: Aldosterone- and Corticosterone-Stimulating Activity in Isolated Rat Adrenal Cells ,
Int J Pept Protein Res
 19 , 361 , 1982
Cells
Decapular
Capsular
Glomerulosa
Enzymes
Medium
Medium 199
Adrenal
Rat
Rat , SD, female, 200 g
Braley, L. , Williams, G. and Bradwin, G.
The Effect of Unit Gravity Sedimentation on Adrenal Steroidogenesis by Isolated Rat Glomerulosa and Fasciculata Cells ,
Endocrinology
 106 (1) , 50 , 1980
Cells
Glomerulosa
Enzymes
Medium
Kreb's
Brain
Human
Human
Scherpelz, K. , Lu, J.,Tycko, R. and Meredith, S.
Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1345 , 299 , 2016
Cells
Amyloid Fibrils
Enzymes
Medium
50mM Tris
Brain
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
Brain
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
Brain
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
Brain
Human
Human
Klegeris Andis, McGeer PatrickL.
Chymotrypsin-like proteases contribute to human monocytic THP-1 cell as well as human microglial neurotoxicity ,
Glia
 51 , 56-64 , 2005
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Human
Human
Roher, A.E. , Palmer, K.C. , Chau, V. and Ball, M.J.
Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Alzheimer's Disease Paired Helical Filament Cytoskeletons:Differentiation from Amyloid Plaque Core Protein ,
J Cell Biol
 107 , 2703 , 1988
Cells
Neuronal
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 10 µg/ml
Medium
Tris-HCl, 50 mM, CaCl2, 2 mM
Brain
Monkey
Monkey, rhesus
Marcondes MC, Burudi EM, Huitron-Resendiz S, Sanchez-Alavez M, Watry D, Zandonatti M, Henriksen SJ, Fox HS.
Highly activated CD8(+) T cells in the brain correlate with early central nervous system dysfunction in simian immunodeficiency virus infection ,
J Immunol
 167 , 5429-38 , 2001
Cells
Brain cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Adult and neonatal
Calvo, Belen, Rubio, F. , Fernandez, M. and Tranque, P.
Dissociation of Neonatal and Adult Mice Brain for Simultaneous Analysis of Microglia, Astrocytes and Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Flow Cytometry. , IBRO Rep Vol. 8 , 36-47 , 2020
Cells
Microglia, astrocytes, lymphocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 120 u/ml
Papain : 20 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1.2 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Kramer, D. , Risso, D. , Kosillo,. , Ngai, J. and Bateup, H.
Combinatorial Expression of Grp and Neurod6 Defines Dopamine Neuron Populations with Distinct Projection Patterns and Disease Vulnerability , eNeuro Vol. 5 , 1 , 2018
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Medium
Artificial CSF
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, P13-15
Haseleu, J. , Anlauf, E. , Blaess, S. , Endl, E. and Derouiche, A.
Studying Subcellular Detail in Fixed Astrocytes: Dissociation of Morphologically Intact Glial Cells (DIMIGs). ,
Front Cell Neurosci
 7 , 54 , 2013
Cells
Glial
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, P0-P15
Foo, L.
Purification of Rat and Mouse Astrocytes by Immunopanning. ,
Cold Spring Harb. Protoc.
 2013 , 421-32 , 2013
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 5 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Shah. G. , Price, T. , Banks, W. , Morofuji, Y. , Kovac, A. , Ercal, N. , Sorenson, C. , Shin, E. and Sheibani, N.
Pharmacological Inhibition of Mitochondrial Carbonic Anhydrases Protects Mouse Cerebral Pericytes from High Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis. ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 344 , 637-45 , 2013
Cells
Cerebral pericytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Ryg-Cornejo, V. , Ioannidis, L. and Hansen, D.
Isolation and Analysis of Brain-Sequestered Leukocytes from Plasmodium Berghei ANKA-Infected Mice. ,
J Vis Exp
 71 , e50112 , 2013
Cells
Brain-sequestered leukocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1-2 day
O'Meara, R. , Ryan, S. , Colognato, H. and Kothary, R.
Derivation of Enriched Oligodendrocyte Cultures and Oligodendrocyte/Neuron Myelinating Co-Cultures from Post-Natal Murine Tissues. ,
J Vis Exp
 54 , 3324 , 2011
Cells
Oligodendrocytes, dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 0.15%
Medium
DMEM

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.