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Arlotta, P. , Quadrato, G. and Sherwood, L.
Long-term Culture and Electrophysiological Characterization of Human Brain Organoids , Protocol.OI Vol. https://doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.049
Cells
Brain organoids
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

Mouse, adult

Joseph, D. , Deimling, M. , Hasegawa, Y. , Cristancho, A. , Risbud, R. , McCoy, A. and Marsh, E.
Protocol for Isolating Young Adult Parvalbumin Interneurons from the Mouse Brain for Extraction of High-Quality RNA. , STAR Protoc Vol. 2 , 100714 , 2021
Cells
Interneurons
Medium
EBSS
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, adult
Swartzlander, D. , Propson, N. , Roy, E. , Saito, T. , Saido, T. , Wang, B. and Zheng, H.
Concurrent Cell Type-Specific Isolation and Profiling of Mouse Brains in Inflammation and Alzheimer's Disease. ,
JCI Insight
 3 , 2018
Cells
Astrocytes, microglia, endothelia, oligodendrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Baruch, K. , Rosenzweig, N. , Kertser, A. , Deczkowska, A. , Sharif, A. , Spinrad, A. , Tsitsou-Kampeli, A. , Sarel, A. , Cahalon, L. and Schwartz, M.
Breaking Immune Tolerance by Targeting Foxp3(+) Regulatory T Cells Mitigates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology. ,
Nat Commun
 6 , 7967 , 2015
Cells
Chloroid plexus
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 400 u/ml
Medium
PBS
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, adult
Saxena, A. , Wagatsuma, A. , Noro, Y. , Kuji, T. , Asaka-Oba, A. , Watahiki, A. , Gurnot, C. , Fagiolini, M. , Hensch, T. and Carninci, P.
Trehalose-Enhanced Isolation of Neuronal Sub-Types from Adult Mouse Brain. ,
Biotechniques
 52 , 381 , 2012
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 6-12 week
Chung, W. , Farley, J. , Swenson, A. , Barnard, J. , Hamilton, G. , Chiposi, R. and Drummond, H.
Extracellular Acidosis Activates ASIC-like Channels in Freshly Isolated Cerebral Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 298 , C1198 , 2010
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Papain : 0.05%
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
PBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 day
Lee, H. , Greene, L. , Mason, C. and Manzini, M.
Isolation and Culture of Post-Natal Mouse Cerebellar Granule Neuron Progenitor Cells and Neurons. ,
J Vis Exp
 23 , 990 , 2009
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Seaberg, R. , Smukler, S. and Van der Kooy, D.
Intrinsic Differences Distinguish Transiently Neurogenic Progenitors from Neural Stem Cells in the Early Postnatal Brain. ,
Dev Biol
 278 , 71 , 2005
Cells
Neural progenitor
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
see reference
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Klein C, Butt SJ, Machold RP, Johnson JE. and Fishell G.
Cerebellum- and forebrain-derived stem cells possess intrinsic regional character ,
Development
 132 , 4497 , 2005
Cells
Neurosperes
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Hernandez, F. , Perez, M. , Lucas, J. , Mata, A. , Bhat, R. and Avila, J.
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 plays a Crucial Role in Tau Exon 10 Splicing and Intranuclear Distribution of SC35. Implications for Alzheimer's Disease. ,
J Biol Chem
 279 , 3801 , 2004
Cells
Cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 day
Smeyne Michelle, Smeyne RichardJ.
Method for culturing postnatal substantia nigra as an in vitro model of experimental Parkinson's disease ,
Brain Res Brain Res Protoc
 9 , 105-11 , 2002
Cells
Postnal substantia nigra
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
see reference
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Estivill-Torrus, G. , Pearson, H. , Van Heyningen, V. , Price, D. and Rashbass, P.
Pax6 is Required to Regulate the Cell Cycle and the Rate of Progression from Symmetrical to Asymmetrical Division in Mammalian Cortical Progenitors. ,
Development
 129 , 455 , 2002
Cells
Cortical progenitors
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Serum free medium
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, SD, 8-12 week
O'Donnell SL, Frederick TJ, Krady JK, Vannucci SJ, Wood TL.
IGF-I and microglia/macrophage proliferation in the ischemic mouse brain ,
Glia
 39 , 85 , 2002
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Martin-Aparicio, E. , Yamamoto, A. , Hernandez, F. , Hen, R. , Avila, J. and Lucas, J.
Proteasomal-Dependent Aggregate Reversal and Absence of Cell Death in a Conditional Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. ,
J Neurosci
 21 , 8772 , 2001
Cells
Neurons and glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Ovine
Ovine
Lepore G, Gadau S, Mura A, Zedda M, Farina V.
Aromatase Immunoreactivity in Fetal Ovine Neuronal Cell Cultures Exposed to Oxidative Injury. ,
Eur J Histochem
 53 , e28 , 2009
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Porcine
Mini pigs, Yucatan (Susscrofa Yucatan), 4-6 months
Robinson, D.H. , Kang,Y. , Deschner, S.H. and Nielsen, T.B.
Morphologic Plasticity and Periodicity : Porcine Cerebral Microvascular Cells in Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 169 , 1990
Cells
Microvascular
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, 7 day
Tanaka, S. , Shaikh, I. , Chiocca, E. and Saeki, Y.
The Gs-Linked Receptor GPR3 Inhibits the Proliferation of Cerebellar Granule Cells During Postnatal Development. ,
PLoS ONE
 4 , e5922 , 2009
Cells
Cerebellar granule neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
PBS
Brain
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Peptan, I. , Hong, L. and Evans, C.
Multiple Differentiation Potentials of Neonatal Dura Mater-Derived Cells. ,
Neurosurgery
 60 , 346 , 2007
Cells
Dura mater
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 14 day
Mizoguchi Y, Kanematsu T, Hirata M, Nabekura J.
A rapid increase in the total number of cell surface functional GABAA receptors induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat visual cortex ,
J Biol Chem
 278 , 44097 , 2003
Cells
Visual cortical
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male
Floris S, Van den Born J, van der Pol SM, Dijkstra CD, De Vries HE.
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans modulate monocyte migration across cerebral endothelium ,
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol
 62 , 780 , 2003
Cells
Cerebral endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, wistar, 250-300 g
Brzezinska AK, Gebremedhin D, Chilian WM, Kalyanaraman B, Elliott SJ.
Peroxynitrite reversibly inhibits Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels in rat cerebral artery smooth muscle cells ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 278 , H1883 , 2000
Cells
Cerebral artery smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Papain : 1.5 mg/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 1.5 mg/ml
Medium
Physiological Salt Solution
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, E16
Varney MA, Cosford ND, Jachec C, Rao SP, Sacaan A, Lin FF, Bleicher L, Santori EM, Flor PJ, Allgeier H, Gasparini F, Kuhn R, Hess SD, Velicelebi G, Johnson EC.
SIB-1757 and SIB-1893: selective, noncompetitive antagonists of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 290 , 170 , 1999
Cells
Cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
Neurobasal Medium
Brain
Rat
Rat, E18
Naeve GS, Ramakrishnan M, Kramer R, Hevroni D, Citri Y, Theill LE.
Neuritin: a gene induced by neural activity and neurotrophins that promotes neuritogenesis ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 94 , 2648-53 , 1997
Cells
Hippocampal and cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal media
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, adult
Doron, D. , Jacobowitz, D. , Heldman, E. , Feurerstein, G. , Pollard, H. and Hallenbeck, J.
Extracellular Matrix Permits the Expression of Von Willebrand's Factor, Uptake of Di-I-Acetylated Low Density Lipoprotein and Secretion of Prostacyclin in Cultures of Endothelial Cells from Rat Brain Microvessels ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 689 , 1991
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
Medium 199
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, female
Matsuda, M.
Serum Proteins Enhance Aggregate Formation of Dissociated Fetal Rat Brain Cells in an Aggregating Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 24 (10) , 1031 , 1988
Cells
Fetal rat brain
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, Wistar-Kyoto, male, 100 - 200 g
Diglio, C.A. , Grammas, P. , Filiberto Giacomelli, M.S. and Wiener, J.
Primary Culture of Rat Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells ,
Lab Invest
 46 , 554 , 1982
Cells
Endothelial
Cerebral
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 300-500 g
Williams, S. , Gillis, J. , Matthews, M. , Wagner, R. and Bitensky, M.
Isolation and Characterization of Brain Endothelial Cells: Morphology and Enzyme Activity ,
J Neurochem
 35 (2) , 374 , 1980
Cells
Microvessels
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
Ringers-HEPES buffer
Cartilage
Bovine
Bovine, 18-36 month
White, R. and Gibson, J.
The Effect of Oxygen Tension on Calcium Homeostasis in Bovine Articular Chondrocytes. ,
J Orthop Surg Res
 5 , 27 , 2010
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Bovine
Bovine, 6-8 week
Hwang, Y. , Sangaj, N. and Varghese, S.
Interconnected Macroporous Poly(ethylene glycol) Cryogels as a Cell Scaffold for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. ,
Tissue Eng Part A
 16 , 3033-41 , 2010
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Bovine
Bovine, 1-3 month
Lima, E. , Tan, A. , Tai, T. , Marra, K. , DeFail, A. , Ateshian, G. and Hung, C.
Genipin Enhances the Mechanical Properties of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage and Protects Against Inflammatory Degradation When Used as a Medium Supplement. ,
J Biomed Mater Res
 91 , 692 , 2009
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 390 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Bovine
Calf, 1-14 days
Klagsbrun, M.
Large Scale Preparation of Chondrocytes , Methods of Enzymology Vol. 58 , 560 , 1979
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Cartilage
Canine
Canine
Lee, J. , Kim, H. , Kim, J. , Bae, S. , Joo, D. , Huh, K. , Fang, Y. , Jeong, J. , Kim, M. and Kim, Y.
Microencapsulation of Pancreatic Islets with Canine Ear Cartilage for Immunoisolation. ,
Transplant Proc
 44 , 1091-4 , 2012
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Ham's F12

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.