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Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 100-150 g
Davis, R. , Engelhorn, S. , Pangburn, S. , Weinstein, D. and Steinberg, D.
Very Low Density Lipoprotein Synthesis and Secretion by Cultured Rat Hepatocytes ,
J Biol Chem
 254 (6) , 2010 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat
(also chicken)
Weigel, P. , Schnaar, R. , Kuhlenschmidt, M. , Schmell, E. , Lee, R. , Lee, Y. and Roseman, S.
Adhesion of Hepatocytes to Immobilized Sugars ,
J Biol Chem
 254 (21) , 10830 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 6000 units
Medium
HEPES
Liver
Rat
Rat , Wistar, male, 250-300 g
Gravela, E. , Poli, G. , Albano, E. and Dianzani, M.
Studies of Fatty Liver with Isolated Hepatocytes ,
Exp Mol Pathol
 27 , 339 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%
Medium
Hank's solution, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 200 g
Rubin, K. , Kjellen, L. and Oslashbrink, B.
Intercellular Adhesion between Juvenile Liver Cells.. A Method to Measure the Formation of Stable Lateral Contacts Between Cells Attached to a Collagen Gel ,
Exp Cell Res
 109 , 413 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100 u/ml
Medium
Buffers 1 & 2
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat (WAG/RIJ), female, 24, 30, and 37 months
VanBezodijen, C. , Grell, T. and Knook, D.
Effect of Age on Protein Synthesis by Isolated Liver Parenchymal Cells ,
Mech Ageing Dev
 6 , 293 , 1977
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.05% - 0.06%
Medium
HEPES buffer
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fisher, adult, male
Williams, G. , Bermudez, E. and Scaramuzzino, D.
Rat Hepatocytes Primary Cell Cultures III. Improved Dissociation and Attachment Techniques and the Enchancement of Survival by Culture Medium ,
In Vitro
 13 (12) , 809 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fischer, male, adult, 170-265 g
Laishes, B. and Williams, G.
Conditions Affecting Primary Cell Cultures of Functional Adult Rat Hepatocytes. I.. The Effect of Insulin ,
In Vitro
 12 , 521 , 1976
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%-0.10%
Medium
Williams E
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 200-250 g
Witters, L. , Alberico, L. and Acruch, J.
Insulin Regulation of Glycogen Synthase in the Isolated Rat Hepatocyte ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 69 (4) , 997 , 1976
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, male, 180-300 g
Bissell, D. , Hammaker, L. and Meyer, U.
Parenchymal Cells from Adult Rat Liver in Nonproliferating Monolayer Culture. I. Functional Studies ,
J Cell Biol
 59 , 722 , 1973
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
Hank's solution, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 260-310 g
Seglen, P.
Preparation of Rat Liver Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 74 , 450 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01 - 0.08%
Medium
HEPES
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fisher 344, pregnant (19-21 days gestation),
200-250 g
Leffert, H. and Paul, D.
Studies on Primary Cultures of Differentiated Fetal Liver Cells ,
J Cell Biol
 52 , 559 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Medium
Modified Eagle's w/ Serum
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, 200-300 g
Berry, M. and Friend, D.
High Yield Preparation of Isolated Rat Liver Parenchymal Cells ,
J Cell Biol
 43 , 506 , 1969
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS, CF
Lung
Bovine
Bovine
Del Vecchio, P. , Siflinger-Birnboim, A. , Belloni, P. , Holleran, L. , Lum, H. and Malik, A.
Culture and Characterization of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 28A , 711 , 1992
Cells
Endothelial
Pulmonary
Enzymes
Collagenase : 1000 u/ml
Collagenase Type 2 : 1000 u/ml
Medium
PBS, CMF
Lung
Human

Human

Konishi, S. , Tata, A. and Tata, P.
Defined Conditions for Long-term Expansion of Murine and Human Alveolar Epithelial Stem Cells in Three-dimensional Cultures. , STAR Protoc Vol. 3 , 101447 , 2022
Cells
Alveolar epithelial stem
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 450 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.33 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Lung
Human

Human

Youk, J. , Kim, T. , Evans, K. , Jeong, Y. , Hur, Y. , Hong, S. , Kim, J. , Yi, K. , Kim, S. , Na, K. , Bleazard, T. , Kim, H. , Fellows, M. , Mahbubani, K. , Saeb-Parsy, K. , Kim, S. , Kim, Y. , Koh, G. , Choi, B. , Ju, Y. and Lee, J.
Three-Dimensional Human Alveolar Stem Cell Culture Models Reveal Infection Response to SARS-CoV-2. , Cell Stem Cell Vol. 27 , 905-919.e10 , 2020
Cells
Aveolar
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Lung
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
Lung
Human
Human
Mackay, L. , Dodd, S. , Dougall, I. , Tomlinson, W. , Lordan, J. , Fisher, A. and Corris, P.
Isolation and Characterisation of Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells from Patients with Severe Emphysema. ,
Respir Res
 14 , 23 , 2013
Cells
Pulmonary endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Lung
Human
Human
Comhair, S. , Xu, W. , Mavrakis, L. , Aldred, M. , Asosingh, K. and Erzurum, S.
Human Primary Lung Endothelial Cells in Culture. ,
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
 46 , 723-30 , 2012
Cells
Lung endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Human
Human
Fujino, N. , Kubo, H. , Suzuki, T. , Ota, C. , Hegab, A. , He, M. , Suzuki, S. , Suzuki, T. , Yamada, M. , Kondo, T. , Kato, H. and Yamaya, M.
Isolation of Alveolar Epithelial Type II Progenitor Cells from Adult Human Lungs. ,
Lab Invest
 91 , 363 , 2011
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Human
Human fetuses, 80 day
(also swine fetuses, 70 day, adult Amer Dutch, 250 day)
Hinz, R. and Syverton, J.
Mammalian Cell Cultures for Study of Influenza Virus. I. Preparation of Monolayer Cultures with Collagenase ,
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
 101 , 19 , 1959
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse

Mouse

Comeau, K. , Caillon, A. , Paradis, P. and Schiffrin, E.
Determination of Interleukin-17A and Interferon-γ Production in γδ, CD4, and CD8 T Cells Isolated from Murine Lymphoid Organs, Perivascular Adipose Tissue, Kidney, and Lung. ,
Bio Protoc
 13 , e4679 , 2023
Cells
T cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Lung
Mouse

Mouse

Horn, K. , Fulte, S. , Yang, M. , Lorenz, B. and Clark, S.
Neutrophil Responsiveness to IL-10 Impairs Clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Lungs. ,
J Leukoc Biol
 , 2023
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Mouse

Mouse

Konishi, S. , Tata, A. and Tata, P.
Defined Conditions for Long-term Expansion of Murine and Human Alveolar Epithelial Stem Cells in Three-dimensional Cultures. , STAR Protoc Vol. 3 , 101447 , 2022
Cells
Alveolar epithelial stem
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 450 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.33 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Qiu, Y. , Xu, Y. , Wang, M. , Miao, M. , Zhou, H. , Xu, J. , Kong, J. , Zheng, D. , Li, R. , Zhang, R. , Guo, Y. , Li, X. , Cui, J. , Qin, C. and Zhou , X.
Flavivirus Induces and Antagonizes Antiviral RNA Interference in Both Mammals and Mosquitoes. ,
Sci. Adv.
 6 , 7989 , 2020
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse
2-3 month
Wang, J. , Niu, N. , Xu, S. and Jin, Z.
A Simple Protocol for Isolating Mouse Lung Endothelial Cells. ,
Sci Rep
 9 , 1458 , 2019
Cells
Lung endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Mouse
Mouse, 6 week
Lewis, K. , Hall, J. , Kiyotake, E. , Christensen, T. , Balasubramaniam, V. and Anseth, K.
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Crosstalk Influences Cellular Behavior in a 3D Alveolus-Fibroblast Model System. ,
Biomaterials
 155 , 124 , 2018
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Lung
Mouse
Mouse, 8-12 week
Singer, B. , Mock, J. , D'Alessio, F. , Aggarwal, N. , Mandke, P. , Johnston, L. and Damarla, M.
Flow-Cytometric Method for Simultaneous Analysis of Mouse Lung Epithelial, Endothelial, and Hematopoietic Lineage Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
 310 , L796-801 , 2016
Cells
Epithelial, Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Yu, Y. , O'Koren, E. , Holten, D. , Kan, M. , Kojin, D. , Nelson, E. , Que, L. and Gunn, M.
A Protocol for the Comprehensive Flow Cytometric Analysis of Immune Cells in Normal and Inflammed Murine Non-Lymphoid Tissues ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , 1371 , 2016
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Braza, F. , Dirou, S. , Forest, V. , Sauzeau, V. , Hassoun, D. , Chesne, J. , Cheminant-Muller, M. , Sagan, C. , Magnan, A. and Lemarchand, P.
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Suppressive Macrophages Through Phagocytosis in a Mouse Model of Asthma. ,
Stem Cells
 34 , 1836-45 , 2016
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Mohapatra, A. , Van Dyken, S. , Schneider, C. , Nussbaum, J. , Liang, H. and Locksley, R.
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Utilize the IRF4-IL-9 Module to Coordinate Epithelial Cell Maintenance of Lung Homeostasis. ,
Mucosal Immunol
 , 2015
Cells
Alveolar
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Elastase : 4 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Kim, H. , Lee, H. , Chang, Y. , Pichavant, M. , Shore, S. , Fitzgerald, K. , Ikawura, Y. , Israel, E. , Bolger, K. , Faul, J. , DeKruyff, R. and Umetsu, D.
IL-17 Producing Innate Lymphoid Cells and the NLRP3 Inflammasone Facilitate Obescity-associated Airway Hyperractivity ,
Nat Med
 20 , 54 , 2014
Cells
Pulmonary
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Misharin, A. , Morales-Nebreda, L. , Mutlu, G. , Budinger, G. and Perlman, H.
Flow Cytometric Analysis of Macrophages and Dendritic Cell Subsets in the Mouse Lung. ,
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
 49 , 503-10 , 2013
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Guimond, D. , Cam, N. , Hirve, N. , Duan, W. , Lambris, J. , Croft, M. and Tsoukas, C.
Regulation of Immune Responsiveness In Vivo by Disrupting an Early T-Cell Signaling Event Using a Cell-Permeable Peptide. ,
PLoS ONE
 8 , e63645 , 2013
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Vaughan, A. , Halbert, C. , Wootton, S. and Miller, A.
Lung Cancer in Mice Induced by the Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus Envelope Protein is not Maintained by Rare Cancer Stem Cells, but Tumorigenicity does Correlate with Wnt Pathway Activation. ,
Mol Cancer Res
 10 , 86 , 2012
Cells
Lung tumor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 50 u/ml
Collagenase : 400 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Hardy, C. , LeMasurier, J. , Belz, G. , Scalzo-Inguanti, K. , Yao, J. , Xiang, S. , Kanellakis, P. , Bobik, A. , Strickland, D. , Rolland, J. , O'Hehir, R. and Plebanski, M.
Inert 50-nm Polystyrene Nanoparticles That Modify Pulmonary Dendritic Cell Function and Inhibit Allergic Airway Inflammation. ,
J Immunol
 188 , 1431 , 2012
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Lung
Mouse
Mouse, 8-12 week
Driscoll, B. , Kikuchi, A. , Lau, A. , Lee, J. , Reddy, R. , Jesudason, E. , Kim, C. and Warburton, D.
Isolation and Characterization of Distal Lung Progenitor Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 879 , 109 , 2012
Cells
Lung progenitor
Enzymes
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.