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Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Lee, B. , Cho, H. , Jung, J. , Yang, Y. , Yang, D. and Oh, U.
Anoctamin 1 Contributes to Inflammatory and Nerve-Injury Induced Hypersensitivity. ,
Mol Pain
 10 , 5 , 2014
Cells
DRG neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Zhang, Y. and Hu, W.
Mouse Enteric Neuronal Cell Culture. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1078 , 55-63 , 2013
Cells
Enteric neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 400 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 week
Masaki, T. , Qu, J. , Cholewa-Waclaw, J. , Burr, K. , Raaum, R. and Rambukkana, A.
Reprogramming Adult Schwann Cells to Stem Cell-Like Cells by Leprosy Bacilli Promotes Dissemination of Infection. ,
Cell
 152 , 51 , 2013
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Bracko, O. , Singer, T. , Aigner, S. , Knobloch, M. , Winner, B. , Ray, J. , Clemenson, G. , Suh, H. , Couillard-Despres, S. , Aigner, L. , Gage, F. and Jessberger, S.
Gene Expression Profiling of Neural Stem Cells and their Neuronal Progeny Reveals IGF2 as a Regulator of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis. ,
J Neurosci
 32 , 3376-87 , 2012
Cells
Neural stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, P4-5
Ziegler, A. , Schneider, J. , Qin, M. , Tyler, W. , Pintar, J. , Fraidenraich, D. , Wood, T. and Levison, S.
IGF-II Promotes Stemness of Neural Restricted Precursors. ,
Stem Cells
 30 , 1265 , 2012
Cells
Neuroshere
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Papain : 100 u
Medium
Pro-N
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Salisbury, E. , Lazard, Z. , Ubogu, E. , Davis, A. and Olmsted-Davis, E.
Transient Brown Adipocyte-Like Cells Derive from Peripheral Nerve Progenitors in Response to Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2. ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 1 , 874-85 , 2012
Cells
Nerve progenitors
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Pfaltzgraff, E. , Mundell, N. and Labosky, P.
Isolation and Culture of Neural Crest Cells from Embryonic Murine Neural Tube. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e4134 , 2012
Cells
Neural crest
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Neural
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
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Babu, H. , Claasen, J. , Kannan, S. , Runker, A. , Palmer, T. and Kempermann, G.
A Protocol for Isolation and Enriched Monolayer Cultivation of Neural Precursor Cells from Mouse Dentate Gyrus. ,
Front Neurosci
 5 , 89 , 2011
Cells
Dentate gyrus neural precursor
Enzymes
Papain : 2.5 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1.0 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 250 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal A
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, embryo, 14 day
Pollari, E. , Savchenko, E. , Jaronen, M. , Kanninen, K. , Malm, T. , Wojciechowski, S. , Ahtoniemi, T. , Goldsteins, G. , Giniatullina, R. , Giniatullin, R. , Koistinaho, J. and Magga, J.
Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Attenuates Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ,
J Neuroinflammation
 8 , 74 , 2011
Cells
Spinal cord neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.05%
Medium
PBS/DMEM
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 week
Radtke, C. , Sasaki, M. , Lankford, K. , Gallo, V. and Kocsis, J.
CNPase Expression in Olfactory Ensheathing Cells. ,
J Biomed Biotechnol
 2011 , 608496 , 2011
Cells
Olfactory ensheathing
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Papain : 12 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Brown, J. , Gianino, S. and Gutmann, D.
Defective cAMP Generation Underlies the Sensitivity of CNS Neurons to Neurofibromatosis-1 Heterozygosity ,
J Neurosci
 30 , 5579 , 2010
Cells
Hippocampal and retinal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 1%
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Sayed, B. , Christy, A. , Walker, M. and Brown, M.
Meningeal Mast Cells Affect Early T Cell Central Nervous System Infiltration and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity Through TNF: a Role for Neutrophil Recruitment? ,
J Immunol
 184 , 6891-900 , 2010
Cells
CNS leukocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 300 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Radad Khaled, Gille Gabriele, Rausch Wolf-Dieter.
Dopaminergic neurons are preferentially sensitive to long-term rotenone toxicity in primary cell culture ,
Toxicol In Vitro
 22 , 68-74 , 2008
Cells
Dopaminergic neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Pedrola, L. , Espert, A. , Valdes-Sanchez, T. , Sanchez-Piris, M. , Sirkowski, E. , Scherer, S. , Farinas, I. and Palau, F.
Cell Expression of GDAP1 in the Nervous System and Pathogenesis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 4A Disease. ,
J Cell Mol Med
 12 , 679 , 2008
Cells
DRG neurons
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Ham's F12
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Malin, S. , Davis, B. and Molliver, D.
Production of Dissociated Sensory Neuron Cultures and Considerations for their use in Studying Neuronal Function and Plasticity ,
Nat Protoc
 2 , 152 , 2007
Cells
Sensory neurons, DRG
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Panchision David M, Chen Hui-Ling, Pistollato Francesca, Papini Daniela, Ni Hsiao-Tzu, Hawley Teresa S.
Optimized flow cytometric analysis of central nervous system tissue reveals novel functional relationships among cells expressing CD133, CD15, and CD24 ,
Stem Cells
 25 , 1560-70 , 2007
Cells
Neural, various
Enzymes
Papain : 12 u/ml
Collagenase/Dispase : see reference
Trypsin : see reference
Medium
see reference
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, C57BL
Okano-Uchida T, Himi T, Komiya Y. and Ishizaki Y
Cerebellar granule cell precursors can differentiate into astroglial cells ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 101 , 1211 , 2004
Cells
Cerebellar granule cell precursors
Enzymes
Papain : 16.5 u/ml
Medium
Dulbecco's PBS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, 1-3 day
Savchenko V, Sung U, Blakely RD.
Cell surface trafficking of the antidepressant-sensitive norepinephrine transporter revealed with an ectodomain antibody ,
Mol Cell Neurosci
 24 , 1131 , 2003
Cells
Neurons, ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 100 u/ml
Collagenase : 0.3%
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
mouse, 65 days
Richards L. , Kilpatrick T. and Bartlett P.
De Novo Generation of Neuronal Cells from the Adult Mouse Brain ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 89 , 8591 , 1992
Cells
Neurons, neuronal precursors
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Mouse
Mouse (BALB/c), adult
Eagleson, K. and Bennett, M.
Survival of Purified Motor Neurons In Vitro: Effects of Skeletal Muscle-Conditioned Medium ,
Neurosci Lett
 38 , 187 , 1983
Cells
Neurons, spinal cord
Enzymes
Medium
Hank's BSS, CMF
Neural
Porcine
Porcine, adult, 60-100 kg
Si ML, Lee TJ.
Presynaptic alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors mediate nicotine-induced nitric oxidergic neurogenic vasodilation in porcine basilar arteries ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 298 , 122 , 2001
Cells
Superior cervical ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 2 u/ml
Collagenase : 0.12%
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Rat
Rat, 2-3 week
Lin, Y. and Chen, J.
Dorsal Root Ganglia Isolation and Primary Culture to Study Neurotransmitter Release. ,
J Vis Exp
 , 2018
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD, 3 month
Andersen, N. and Monje, P.
Isolation, Culture, and Cryopreservation of Adult Rodent Schwann Cells Derived from Immediately Dissociated Teased Fibers. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1739 , 49-66 , 2018
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD, day 2
Maurel, P.
Preparation of Neonatal Rat Schwann Cells and Embryonic Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons for In Vitro Myelination Studies. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1739 , 17-37 , 2018
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, embryonic 14.5 day
Mirsky, R. and Jessen, K.
Isolation of Schwann Cell Precursors from Rodents. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1739 , 3-15 , 2018
Cells
Schwann cell precursors
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/ Ham's F-12
Neural
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 3 day
Fangmann, L. , Teller, S. , Stupakov, P. , Friess, H. , Ceyhan, G. and Demir, I.
3D Cancer Migration Assay with Schwann Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1739 , 317-325 , 2018
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia neurons
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, adult
George, D. , Ahrens, P. and Lambert, S.
Satellite Glial Cells Represent a Population of Developmentally Arrested Schwann Cells. ,
Glia
 , 2018
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Stemxyme 1 : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD, p7
Clements, M. , Byrne, E. , Camarillo Guerrero, L. , Cattin, A. , Zakka, L. , Ashraf, A. , Burden, J. , Khadayate, S. , Lloyd, A. , Marguerat, S. and Parrinello, S.
The Wound Microenvironment Reprograms Schwann Cells to Invasive Mesenchymal-like Cells to Drive Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. ,
Neuron
 96 , 98-114.e7 , 2017
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD
Andersen, N. , Srinivas, S. , Pinero, G. and Monje, P.
A Rapid and Versatile Method for the Isolation, Purification and Cryogenic Storage of Schwann Cells from Adult Rodent Nerves. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 31781 , 2016
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD
Schuh, C. , Hercher, D. , Stainer, M. , Hopf, R. , Teuschl, A. , Schmidhammer, R. and Redl, H.
Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment: A Novel Tool to Improve Schwann Cell Isolation and Culture. ,
Cytotherapy
 18 , 760-70 , 2016
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Rat
Rat, embryonic
Oyanagi, K. , Tashiro, T. and Negishi, T.
Cell-Type-Specific and Differentiation-Status-Dependent Variations in Cytotoxicity of Tributyltin in Cultured Rat Cerebral Neurons and Astrocytes. ,
J Toxicol Sci
 40 , 459-68 , 2015
Cells
Cerebral neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 2 u/ml
Medium
DMEM-PBS
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD, 6-9 week
Murayama, C. , Watanabe, S. and Nakamura, M. and, Norimoto, H.
Inhibitory Activity of Yokukansankachimpihange against Nerve Growth Factor-Induced Neurite Growth in Cultured Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons. ,
Molecules
 20 , 14959-69 , 2015
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Rat
Rat, embryonic and neonatal
Rheaume, C. , Cai, B. , Wang, J. , Fernandez-Salas, E. , Aoki, K. , Francis, J. and Broide, R.
A Highly Specific Monoclonal Antibody for Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A-Cleaved SNAP25. ,
Toxins
 7 , 2354-70 , 2015
Cells
Cortical neurons, DRG
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Neural
Rat
Rat
Yu, R. , Seymour, V. , Berecki, G. , Jia, X. , Akca, M. , Adams, D. , Kaas, Q. and Craik, D.
Less is More: Design of a Highly Stable Disulfide-Deleted Mutant of Analgesic Cyclic α-Conotoxin Vc1.1. ,
Sci Rep
 5 , 13264 , 2015
Cells
Dorsal root ganglion neurons
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD
Wei, X. , Yan, J. , Tillu, D. , Asiedu, M. , Weinstein, N. , Melemedjian, O. , Price, T. and Dussor, G.
Meningeal Norepinephrine Produces Headache Behaviors in Rats via Actions Both on Dural Afferents and Fibroblasts. ,
Cephalalgia
 35 , 1054-64 , 2015
Cells
Trigeminal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12

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

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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.