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Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Wohl, S. , Jorstad, N. , Levine, E. and Reh, T.
Muller Glial microRNAs are Required for the Maintenance of Glial Homeostasis and Retinal Architecture. ,
Nat Commun
 8 , 1603 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, C57BL/6
Blandford, S. and Baldridge, W.
The Effect of Glutamate Receptor Agonists on Mouse Retinal Astrocyte [Ca(2+)]i. ,
Biomed Res Int
 2016 , 8178162 , 2016
Cells
Retinal astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 16.5 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic and P0
Dvoriantchikova, G. , Perea-Martinez, I. , Pappas, S. , Barry, A. , Danek, D. , Dvoriantchikova, X. , Pelaez, D. and Ivanov, D.
Molecular Characterization of Notch1 Positive Progenitor Cells in the Developing Retina. ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , e0131054 , 2015
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 8 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 124 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 week
Kobayashi, T. , Yoshioka, R. , Shiraishi, A. and Ohashi, Y.
New Technique for Culturing Corneal Epithelial Cells of Normal Mice. ,
Mol Vis
 15 , 1589-93 , 2009
Cells
Corneal epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Amadi-Obi, A. , Yu, C. , Liu, X. , Mahdi, R. , Clarke, G. , Nussenblatt, R, Gery, I. , Lee, Y. and Egwuagu, C.
TH17 Cells Contribute to Uveitis and Scleritis and are Expanded by IL-2 and Inhibited by IL-27/STAT1. ,
Nat Med
 13 , 711 , 2007
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Yoshida, S. , Shimmura, S. , Nagoshi, N. , Fukuda, K. , Matsuzaki, Y. , Okano, H. and Tsubota, K.
Isolation of Multipotent Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells from the Adult Mouse Cornea. ,
Stem Cells
 24 , 2714-22 , 2006
Cells
Stromal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Collagenase : 78 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 38 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 month
Maxeiner Stephan, Dedek Karin, Janssen-Bienhold Ulrike, Ammermuller Josef, Brune Hendrik, Kirsch Taryn, Pieper Mario, Degen Joachim, Kruger Olaf, Willecke Klaus, Weiler Reto.
Deletion of connexin45 in mouse retinal neurons disrupts the rod/cone signaling pathway between AII amacrine and ON cone bipolar cells and leads to impaired visual transmission ,
J Neurosci
 25 , 566-76 , 2005
Cells
Mouse retinal and bipolar
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand
Stramer Brian M, Kwok Michael G K, Farthing-Nayak Pamela J, Jung Jae-Chang, Fini M Elizabeth, Nayak Ramesh C.
Monoclonal antibody (3G5)-defined ganglioside: cell surface marker of corneal keratocytes ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 45 , 807-12 , 2004
Cells
Corneal keratocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.5%
Medium
PBS
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, adult, male, albino,
2 kg
Johnson-Muller, B. and Gross, J.
Regulation of Corneal Collagenase Production: Epithelial-Stromal Cell Interactions ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 75 (9) , 4417 , 1978
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS/DMEM
Eye
Rat

Rat, SD, 1-2 day

Lian, W. , Hu, X. , Zhang, J. , Wu, Y. , Zhao, N. , Ma, H. , He, H. and Lu, Q.
Fucoxanthin Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells and Promotes Parkin-mediated Mitophagy against Glutamate Excitotoxicity. ,
Neuroreport
 34 , 385-394 , 2023
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 0.5%
Medium
MEM
Eye
Rat
Rat, Wister, 3-30 wk
Cameron, M. , Kekesi, O. , Morley, J. , Tapson, J. , Breen, P. , Van Schaik, A. and Buskila, Y.
Calcium Imaging of AM Dyes Following Prolonged Incubation in Acute Neuronal Tissue. ,
PLoS ONE
 11 , e0155468 , 2016
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 30 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Rat
Rat, embryonic 17 day
Seigel, G.
The Golden Age of Retinal Cell Culture ,
Mol Vis
 5 , 4 , 1999
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.6%
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD, pups
Sarthy PV, Curtis BM. and Catterall WA.
Retrograde Labeling, Enrichment, and Characerization of Retinal Ganglion Cells from the Neonatal Rat ,
J Neurosci
 3 (12) , 2532 , 1983
Cells
Retina
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Ham's F-12
Heart
Bovine
Bovine
(also rat)
Trifaro, J. , Tang, R. and Novas, M.
Monolayer Co-Culture of Rat Heart Cells and Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Paraneurons ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 335 , 1990
Cells
Heart
Adrenal chromaffin
Paraneurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Medium
25mM HEPES buffered Locke's solution, CMF
Heart
Chicken
Chicken, embryonic
Blech-Hermoni, Y. and Ladd, A.
Identification of Transcripts Regulated by CUG-BP, Elav-like Family Member 1 (CELF1) in Primary Embryonic Cardiomyocytes by RNA-seq. ,
Genom Data
 6 , 74-76 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Chicken
Chicken embryos, 9-11 day incubated
Eschenhagen, T. , Fink, C. , Remmers, U. , Scholz, H. , Wattchow, J. , Weil, J. and et al.
Three-Dimensional Reconstitution of Embryonic Cardiomyocytes in a Collagen Matrix: A New Heart Muscle Model System ,
FASEB J
 11 , 683 , 1997
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
PBS
Heart
Chicken
Chick, embryos, 10-11 day
Wang, S. , Greaser, M.L. , Schultz, E. , Bulinski, J.C. , Lin, J.J. and Lessard, J.L.
Studies on Cardiac Myofibrillogenesis With Antibodies to Titin, Actin, Tropomyosin, and Myosin ,
J Cell Biol
 107 , 1075 , 1988
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.17%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Heart
Chicken
Chick, 10 day
Kim, D. , Okada, A. and Smith, T.W.
Control of Cytosolic Calcium Activity During Low Sodium Exposure in Cultured Chick Heart Cells ,
Circ Res
 61 , 29 , 1987
Cells
Ventricular
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Heart
Chicken
Chick, embryo, 11 day
Jacob, R. , Lieberman, M. , Murphy, E. and Piwnica-Worms, D.
Effect of Sodium-Potassium Pump Inhibition and Low Sodium on Membrane Potential in Cultured Embryonic Chick Heart Cells ,
J Physiol
 387 , 549 , 1987
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Heart
Chicken
Chick, embryonic, 11-12-day-old
Murphy, E. , Aiton, J. , Russell, C. and Lieberman, M.
Calcium Elevation in Cultured Heart Cells: Its Role in Cell Injury ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 245 (14) , C316 , 1983
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
CMF solution
Heart
Chicken
Hen, White Leghorn
Dehann, R.
Regulation of Spontaneous Activity and Growth of Embryonic Chick Heart Cells in Tissue Culture ,
Dev Biol
 16 , 216 , 1967
Cells
Heart
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Chicken
Chick embryos, 5 day
Steinberg, M.
"ECM": Its Nature, Origin, And Function in Cell Aggregation ,
Exp Cell Res
 30 , 257 , 1963
Cells
Heart
Liver
Enzymes
Trypsin : 3.0%
Medium
Tyrode's solution, CMF
Heart
Fish
Zebrafish
Fowler, E. , Wang, N. , Hezzell, M. , Chanoit, G. , Hancox, J. and Cannell, M.
Arrhythmogenic Late Ca2+ Sparks in Failing Heart Cells and Their Control by Action Potential Configuration ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 117 , 2687-2692 , 2020
Cells
Cardiac Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.08%
Protease XIV : 0.005%
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Frog
Frog (Rana esculenta)
Arrio-Dupont, M. and de Nay, D.
High Yield Preparation of Calcium-Tolerant Myocytes From Frog Ventricles ,
Biol Cell
 54 , 164 , 1985
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.04%
Medium
CF Ringer
Heart
Human
Human
Sharma, S. , Mishra, R. , Simpson, D. , Wehman, B. , Colletti, E. , Deshmukh, S. , Datla, S. , Balachandran, K. , Guo, Y. , Chen, L. , Siddiqui, O. , Kaushal, S. and Kaushal, S.
Cardiosphere-Derived Cells From Pediatric End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Have Enhanced Functional Activity Due to the Heat Shock Response Regulating the Secretome. ,
Stem Cells
 33 , 1213-29 , 2015
Cells
Cardiospheres
Enzymes
Medium
Iscove modified DMEM
Heart
Human
Human
Shirai, T. , Rao, V. , Weisel, R. , Ikonomidis, J. , Li, R. , Tumiati, L. , Merante, F. and Mickle, D.
Preconditioning Human Cardiomyocytes and Endothelial Cells. ,
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
 115 , 210-9 , 1998
Cells
Cardiomyocytes and endothelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
PBS
Heart
Human
Human, adult
Bugaisky, L.B.
Biology of Isolated Adult Cardiac Myocytes , Isolation and Culture of Human Adult Cardiac Myocytes , (Clark,Decker,Borg,eds) , Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. , 1988
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Joklik's MEM
Heart
Invertebrate
Octopus, E. cirhosa, 260-352 g
Altimiras J. , Hove-Madsen L. and Gesser H.
Ca(2+) Uptake in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum from the Systemic Heart of Octopod Cephalopods ,
J Exp Biol
 202 , 2531 , 1999
Cells
Systemic heart cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.025%
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
see reference
Heart
Mouse

Mouse, neonatal

Angelini, A. , Pi, X. and Xie, L.
Evaluation of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Respiration in Neonatal Mouse Cardiomyocytes using SeaHorse Instrument. ,
Star Protocols
 3 , 101392 , 2022
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
CLSPA : 150 u/ml
Medium
L-15
Heart
Mouse
Mouse
Hu, D. , Yin, C. , Mohanta, S. , Weber, C. and Habenicht, A.
Prepartaion of Single Cell Suspensions from Mouse Aorta ,
Bio Protoc
 6 , 11 , 2016
Cells
Aortic
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 400 u/ml
Collagenase : 120 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 60 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Santos Nascimento, D, Mosqueira, D, Sousa, L, Teixeira, M, Filipe, M, Resende, T, Araujo, A, Valente, M, Almeida, J, Martins, J, Santos, J, Barcia, R, Cruz, P, Cruz, H. and Pinto-d-O, P
Human Umbilical Cord Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Attenuate Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction by Proangiogenic, Antiapoptotic, and Endogenous Cell-Activation Mechanisms. ,
Stem Cell Res Ther
 5 , 5 , 2014
Cells
Cardiac Progenitor
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Heart
Mouse
Mouse
Touchberry, C. , Green, T. , Tchikrizov, V. , Mannix, J. , Mao, T. , Carney, B. , Girgis, M. , Vincent, R. , Wetmore, L. , Dawn, B. , Bonewald, L. , Stubbs, J. and Wacker, M.
FGF23 is a Novel Regulator of Intracellular Calcium and Cardiac Contractility in Addition to Cardiac Hypertrophy. ,
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab
 304 , E863 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 360 u/ml
Papain : 0.4 u/ml
Medium
L-15
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, adult, 9-13 week
Kabaeva, Z. , Zhao, M. and Michele, D.
Blebbistatin Extends Culture Life of Adult Mouse Cardiac Myocytes and Allows Efficient and Stable Transgene Expression. ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 294 , H1667-74 , 2008
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 620 u/ml
Protease XIV : 0.104 u/ml
Medium
Myocyte buffer see reference
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, adult, 6-12 week
Shioya, T.
A Simple Technique for Isolating Healthy Heart Cells from Mouse Models. ,
J Physiol Sci
 57 , 327-35 , 2007
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.006%
Protease XIV : 0.006%
Medium
see reference
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Takahashi N, Wang X, Tanabe S, Uramoto H, Jishage K, Uchida S, Sasaki S, Okada Y.
ClC-3-independent sensitivity of apoptosis to Cl- channel blockers in mouse cardiomyocytes ,
Cell Physiol Biochem
 15 , 263 , 2005
Cells
Cardiomyoctes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 150 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
M199
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Qian, Q. , Hunter, L. , Li, M. , Marin-Padilla, M. , Prakash, Y. , Somlo, S. , Harris, P. , Torres, V. and Sieck, G.
Pkd2 Haploinsufficiency Alters Intracellular Calcium Regulation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ,
Hum Mol Genet
 12(15) , 1875 , 2003
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Elastase : .005%
Collagenase : 0.05%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 1000 u/ml
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
EBSS

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.