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Eye
Bovine
Bovine
Terlizzi, V. , Kolibabka, M. , Burgess, J. , Hammes, H. and Harmsen, M.
The Pericytic Phenotype of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cells Is Promoted by NOTCH2. ,
Stem Cells
 36 , 240-251 , 2018
Cells
Retinal endothelial
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.02%
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Chicken
Chick, embryo, 6 day
Jacob Vanessa, Rothermel Andrae, Wolf Peter, Layer Paul G.
Rhodopsin, violet and blue opsin expressions in the chick are highly dependent on tissue and serum conditions ,
Cell Death Differ
 180 , 159-68 , 2005
Cells
Retinal cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.005%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Eye
Monkey
Macaques and baboon
Han ,Y. , Jacoby, R. and Wu, S.
Morphological and Electrophysiological Properties of Dissociated Primate Retinal Cells. ,
Brain Res
 875 , 175 , 2000
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20-40 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 400 u/ml
Medium
Ames' solution
Eye
Mouse

Mouse, 2 month

Murenu, E. , Pavlou, M. , Richter, L. , Rapti, K. , Just, S. and Cehajic-Kapetanovic, J.
A Universal Protocol for Isolating Retinal ON Bipolar Cells Across Species via Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting. , Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev Vol. 20 , 587-600 , 2021
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Ortin-Martinez, A. , Tsai, E. , Nickerson, P. , Bergeret, M. , Lu, Y. , Smiley, S. , Comanita, L. and Wallace, V.
A Reinterpretation of Cell Transplantation: GFP Transfer From Donor to Host Photoreceptors. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 932-939 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
PBS
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Sun, F. , Xiao, G. and Qu, Z.
Isolation of Murine Alveolar Type II Epithelial Cells. ,
Bio-protocol
 7 , 2017
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
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, embryonic
Desai, T. , Brownfield, D. and Krasnow, M.
Alveolar Progenitor and Stem Cells in Lung Development, Renewal and Cancer. ,
Nature
 507 , 190-4 , 2014
Cells
Avelolar progenitor
Enzymes
Elastase : 3 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.33 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
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
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
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Rock, J, Barkauskas, C, Cronc, M, Xue, Y, Harris, J, Liang, J, Noble, P. and Hogan, B.
Multiple Stromal Populations Contribute to Pulmonary Fibrosis Without Evidence for Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 108 , E1475 , 2011
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 450 u/ml
Elastase : 4 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.33 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Lancelin, W. and Guerrero-Plata, A.
Isolation of Mouse Lung Dendritic Cells. ,
J Vis Exp
 57 , e3563 , 2011
Cells
Dendritic
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse, female, 6-12 week
Breslow, R. , Rao, J. , Xing, W. , Hong, D. , Barrett, N. and Katz, H.
Inhibition of Th2 Adaptive Immune Responses and Pulmonary Inflammation by Leukocyte Ig-Like Receptor B4 on Dendritic Cells. ,
J Immunol
 184 , 1003 , 2010
Cells
Lung mononuclear
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Lung
Mouse
Mouse
Ferreira, C. , Antunes, F. , Leonard, V. , Welstead, G. , Richardson, C. and Cattaneo, R.
Measles Virus Infection of Alveolar Macrophages and Dendritic Cells Precedes Spread to Lymphatic Organs in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule (SLAM, CD150). ,
J Virol
 84 , 3033 , 2010
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Lung
Mouse
Mouse, 6-7 week
Jungblut, M. , Oeltze, K. , Zehnter, I. , Hasselmann, D. and Bosio, A.
Standardized Preparation of Single-Cell Suspensions from Mouse Lung Tissue Using the GentleMACS Dissociator. ,
J Vis Exp
 29 , 2009
Cells
Leukocytes and endothelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 40-80 u/ml
Medium
PBS

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.