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Mammary
Mouse
Mouse, female
Jones, W. and Hallowes, R.
Isolation of the Epithelial Subcomponents of the Mouse Mammary Gland for Tissue-Level Culture Studies ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 8 (1) , 17 , 1983
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Mammary
Rat
Rat, SD
Brake P. , Zhang L. and Jefcoate C.
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulation of Cytochrome P4501B1 in Rat Mammary Fibroblasts: Evidence for Transcriptional Repression by Glucocorticoids ,
Mol Pharmacol
 54 , 825 , 1998
Cells
Mammary fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Miscellaneous
Human
Human
Patino WillmarD, Kang Ju-Gyeong, Matoba Satoaki, Mian OmarY, Gochuico BernadetteR, Hwang PaulM.
Atherosclerotic plaque macrophage transcriptional regulators are expressed in blood and modulated by tristetraprolin ,
Circ Res
 98 , 1282-9 , 2006
Cells
Carotid artery plaque macrophage
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Miscellaneous
Mouse

Mouse

Hameed, M. , Rai, P. , Makris, M. and Weger-Lucarelli, J.
Optimized Protocol for Mouse Footpad Immune Cell Isolation for Single-cell RNA Sequencing and Flow Cytometry. ,
Star Protocols
 4 , 102409 , 2023
Cells
Leucocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
He, M. , Wu, B. , Ye, W. , Le, D. , Sinclair, A. , Padovano, V. , Chen, Y. , Li, K. , Sit, R. , Tan, M. , Caplan, M. , Neff, N. , Jan, Y. , Darmanis, S. and Jan, L.
Chloride Channels Regulate Differentiation and Barrier Functions of the Mammalian Airway. ,
Elife
 9 , 53085 , 2020
Cells
Trachea
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, 8-12 week
Atta, H. , Gheinani, A. , Wacker, A. , Heshmati, Y. , Bigger-Allen, A. , Lambrinos, G. , Gao, Y. , Bielenberg, D. and Adam, R.
A Single Cell Dissociation Approach for Molecular Analysis of Urinary Bladder in the Mouse Following Spinal Cord Injury. ,
J Vis Exp
 , 2020
Cells
Urinary bladder
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 50 u/ml
Collagenase Type 3 : 40 u/ml
Papain : 45 u/ml
Collagenase Type 6 : 20 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode solution
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, 10 week
Futami, I. , Ishijima, M. , Kaneko, H. , Tsuji, K. , Ichikawa-Tomikawa, N. , Sadatsuki, R. , Muneta, T. , Arikawa-Hirasawa, E. , Sekiya, I. and Kaneko, K.
Isolation and Characterization of Multipotential Mesenchymal Cells from the Mouse Synovium. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e45517 , 2012
Cells
Synovial mesenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse
Stock, A. , Booth, S. and Cerundolo, V.
Prostaglandin E2 Suppresses the Differentiation of Retinoic Acid-Producing Dendritic Cells in Mice and Humans. ,
J Exp Med
 208 , 761 , 2011
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Medium
DME
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse
Shi, C. , Jia, T. , Mendez-Ferrer, S. , Hohl, T. , Serbina, N. , Lipuma, L. , Leiner, I. , Li, M. , Frenette, P. and Pamer, E.
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem and Progenitor Cells Induce Monocyte Emigration in Response to Circulating Toll-Like Receptor Ligands. ,
Immunity
 34 , 590 , 2011
Cells
Spleen, bone marrow endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, 6-10 week
Ji, H. , Rintelen, F. , Waltzinger, C. , Meier, D, Bilancio, A. , Pearce, W. , Hirsch, E. , Wymann, M. , Ruckle, T. , Camps, M. , Vanhaesebroeck, B. , Okkenhaug, K. and Rommel, C.
Inactivation of PI3Kgamma and PI3Kdelta Distorts T-cell Development and Causes Multiple Organ Inflammation. ,
Blood
 110 , 2940 , 2007
Cells
Salivary gland and stomach
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, 25-30 g
Minamoto Kanji, Pinsky DavidJ.
Recipient iNOS but not eNOS deficiency reduces luminal narrowing in tracheal allografts ,
J Exp Med
 196 , 1321-33 , 2002
Cells
Tracheal inflammatory cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Muscle
Human
Human, female
Richardson, M. , Taylor, D. , Casey, M. , MacDonald, P. and Stull, J.
Biochemical Markers of Contraction in Human Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 23 , 21 , 1987
Cells
Smooth muscle
Myometrial
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.015% and 0.007%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Human
Human, female
Casey, M. , MacDonald, P. , Mitchell, M. and Snyder, J.
Maintenance and Characterization of Human Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cells in Monolayer Culture ,
In Vitro
 20 , 396 , 1984
Cells
Smooth muscle
Myometrial
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Ovine
Sheep, adult and neonatal
Driska S. , Laudadio R. , Wolfson M. and Shaffer T.
A Method for Isolating Adult and Neonatal Airway Smooth Muscle Cells and Measuring Shortening Velocity ,
J Appl Physiol
 86(1) , 427 , 1999
Cells
Tracheal smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
MOPS-PSS
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine, postnatal
Miersch, C. , Stange, K. and Rontgen, M.
Effects of Trypsinization and of a Combined Trypsin, Collagenase, and DNase Digestion on Liberation and in Vitro Function of Satellite Cells Isolated from Juvenile Porcine Muscles. ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim
 54 , 406-412 , 2018
Cells
Muscle satellite
Enzymes
Medium
Eagle MEM
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine, male, 25-40 kg
Korzick, D. , Laughlin, M. and Bowles, D.
Alterations in PKC signaling underlie enhanced myogenic tone in exercise-trained porcine coronary resistance arteries ,
J Appl Physiol
 96 , 1425-32 , 2004
Cells
Coronary myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
low calcium physiological saline
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine, adult, 35-45 kg
Wamhoff BR, Dixon JL, Sturek M.
Atorvastatin treatment prevents alterations in coronary smooth muscle nuclear Ca2+ signaling in diabetic dyslipidemia ,
J Vasc Res
 39 , 208 , 2002
Cells
Arterial smooth muscle
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 294 u/ml
Elastase : 6.5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.4 mg/ml
Medium
MEM
Muscle
Rat
Rat
Weber, S. , Gratopp, A. , Akanbi, S. , Rheinlaender, C. , Sallmon, H. , Barikbin, P. and Koehne, P.
Isolation and Culture of Fibroblasts, Vascular Smooth Muscle, and Endothelial Cells From the Fetal Rat Ductus Arteriosus ,
Pediatr Res
 70 , 236 , 2011
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Neural
Avian
Quail and Chicken, embryonic
Rollo, B. , Zhang, D. , Simkin, J. , Menheniott, T. and Newgreen, D.
Why are Enteric Ganglia so Small? Role of Differential Adhesion of Enteric Neurons and Enteric Neural Crest Cells. ,
F1000Res
 4 , 113 , 2015
Cells
Midgut DRG
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F12
Neural
Chicken
Chick, White Leghorn, embryos
Watt, P. , Mullen, Y. , Benhamou, P. , Hober, C. , Nomura, Y. , Watanabe, Y. , Passaro, E. , Zinner, M. and Brunicardi, F.
Simplified Semiautomated Method For Isolating Islets From the Human Pancreas ,
Transplant Proc
 26 (2) , 582 , 1994
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Trypsin : Trypsin: 0.125-0.25%
Collagenase : 0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
Eurocollins solution
Neural
Human

Human

David, E. , Yousuf, M. , Mei, H. , Jain, A. , Krishnagiri, S. , Elahi, H. , Venkatesan, R. , Srikanth, K. , Dussor, G. , Dalva, M. and Price, T.
Ephrin-B2 promotes Nociceptive Plasticity and Hyperalgesic Priming Through EphB2-MNK-eIF4E Signaling in Both Mice and Humans. , Pharmacol Res Vol. 206 , 107284 , 2024
Cells
DRG neurons
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Human
Human, 26 week
Fuja TJ, Schwartz PH, Darcy D, Bryant PJ.
Asymmetric localization of LGN but not AGS3, two homologs of Drosophila pins, in dividing human neural progenitor cells ,
J Neurosci Res
 75 , 782 , 2004
Cells
Neural progenitor cells
Enzymes
Papain : 2.5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 250 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Neural
Human
Human, adult
Roy NS, Benraiss A, Wang S, Fraser RA, Goodman R, Couldwell WT, Nedergaard M, Kawaguchi A, Okano H, Goldman SA.
Promoter-targeted selection and isolation of neural progenitor cells from the adult human ventricular zone ,
J Neurosci Res
 59 , 321 , 2000
Cells
Ventricular epithelial
Enzymes
Papain : 11.4 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Neural
Monkey
Macaque
Kupari, J. , Usoskin, D. , Parisien, M. , Lou, D. , Hu, Y. , Fatt, M. , Lonnerberg, P. , Spangberg, M. , Eriksson, B. , Barkas, N. , Kharchenko, P. , Lore, K, Khoury, S. , Diatchenko, L. and Ernfors, P.
Single Cell Transcriptomics of Primate Sensory Neurons Identifies Cell Types Associated with Chronic Pain. ,
Nat Commun
 12 , 1510 , 2021
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 35 u/ml
Stemxyme 1 : 0.2%
Medium
see reference
Neural
Mouse

Mouse, 4-6 week

David, E. , Yousuf, M. , Mei, H. , Jain, A. , Krishnagiri, S. , Elahi, H. , Venkatesan, R. , Srikanth, K. , Dussor, G. , Dalva, M. and Price, T.
Ephrin-B2 promotes Nociceptive Plasticity and Hyperalgesic Priming Through EphB2-MNK-eIF4E Signaling in Both Mice and Humans. , Pharmacol Res Vol. 206 , 107284 , 2024
Cells
DRG neurons
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse

Mouse

Yousuf, M. , Moreno, M. , Li, J. , He, L. , Royer, D. , Zhang, J. , Woodall, B. , Grace, P. and Price, T.
Diroximel fumarate acts hrough Nrf2 to attenuate methylglyoxal-induced nociception in mice and decreases ISR activation in DRG neurons. ,
bioRxivorg
 Version 1 , Preprint Dec 23 , 2023
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse, day 2
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
Mouse
Mouse
Harris, M. , Hulseberg, P. , Ling, C. , Karman, J. , Clarkson, B. , Harding, J. , Zhang, M. , Sandor, A. , Christensen, K. , Nagy, A. , Sandor, Matyas,S. and Fabry, Z.
Immune Privilege of the CNS is not the Consequence of Limited Antigen Sampling. ,
Sci Rep
 4 , 4422 , 2014
Cells
Oligodendrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Mouse
Mouse
Stuart, M. , Corrigan, F. and Baune, B.
Knockout of CXCR5 Increases the Population of Immature Neural Cells and Decreases Proliferation in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus. ,
J Neuroinflammation
 11 , 31 , 2014
Cells
Neurosperes
Enzymes
Papain : 0.1%
Medium
NeuroCult NSC
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, 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, 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
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

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.