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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
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, 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
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 1-6 day
Watzka SB, Lucien J, Shimada M, Edwards V, Yeger H, Hannigan G. and Coles JG.
Selection of viable cardiomyocytes for cell transplantation using three-dimensional tissue culture ,
Transplantation
 70 , 1310 , 2000
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 6-9 or 21-41 day
Valenzuela, D. , Han, X. , Mende, U. , Fankhauser, C. , Mashimo, H. , Huang, P. , Pfeffer, J. , Neer, E. and Fishman, M.
G alpha(o) is Necessary for Muscarinic Regulation of Ca2+ Channels in Mouse Heart ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 94(5) , 1727 , 1997
Cells
Ventricular and atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 95 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 172.5 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.002%
Medium
DMEM/Tyrodes
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 175-200g
Tardif Annie, Julien Nathalie, Chiasson Jean-Louis, Coderre Lise.
Stimulation of glucose uptake by chronic vanadate pretreatment in cardiomyocytes requires PI 3-kinase and p38 MAPK activation ,
Am J Physiol/Endo
 284 , E1055-64 , 2003
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Krebs-Ringer
Stem
Human
Human
de Witte, S. , Lambert, E. , Merino, A. , Strini, T. , Douben, H. , O'Flynn, L. , Elliman, S. , de Klein, A. , Newsome, P. , Baan, C. and Hoogduijn, M.
Aging of Bone Marrow- and Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Expansion. ,
Cytotherapy
 19 , 798-807 , 2017
Cells
Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Stem
Human
Human
Kusuma, G. , Menicanin, D. , Gronthos, S. , Manuelpillai, U. , Abumaree, M. , Pertile, M. , Brennecke, S. and Kalionis, B.
Ectopic Bone Formation by Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Human Term Placenta and the Decidua. ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , e0141246 , 2015
Cells
Decidua mesenchymal stem
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Stem
Human
Human
Patel, J. , Seppanen, E. , Chong, M. , Yeo, J. , Teo, E. , Chan, J. , Fisk, N. and Khosrotehrani, K.
Prospective Surface Marker-Based Isolation and Expansion of Fetal Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells from Human Term Placenta. ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 2 , 839-47 , 2013
Cells
Endothelial colony forming
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Human
Human
Welte, Y. , Davies, C. , Schafer, R. and Regenbrecht, C.
Patient Derived Cell Culture and Isolation of CD133+ Putative Cancer Stem Cells from Melanoma. ,
J Vis Exp
 73 , e50200 , 2013
Cells
Melanoma
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Stem
Human
Human
Shalini, V. , Pratheep, S. , Muhammad, A. , Sharmili, V. , Elizabeth, G. and Rajesh, R.
Generation and Characterisation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived From Umbilical Cord and Placenta ,
Regenerative Research
 1 , 48 , 2012
Cells
Mesenchymal stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Stem
Human
Human
Vellasamy, S. , Sandrasaigaran, P. , Vidyadaran, S. , George, E. and Ramasamy, R.
Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem cells Derived from Human Placenta Tissue. ,
World J Stem Cells
 4 , 53-61 , 2012
Cells
Placental mesenchymal stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human, fetal
Vatakis, D. , Bristol, G. , Kim, S. , Levin, B. , Liu, W. , Radu, C. , Kitchen, S. and Zack, J.
Using the BLT Humanized Mouse as a Stem Cell Based Gene Therapy Tumor Model. ,
J Vis Exp
 70 , e4181 , 2012
Cells
Liver hematopoietic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Stem
Human
Human, male 40-60 years
Blasi, A. , Martino, C. , Balducci, L. , Saldarelli, M. , Soleti, A. , Navone, S. , Canzi, L. , Cristini, S. , Invernici, G. , Parati, E. and Alessandri, G.
Dermal Fibroblasts Display Similar Phenotypic and Differentiation Capacity to Fat-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells, but Differ in Anti-Inflammatory and Angiogenic Potential ,
Vasc Cell
 3 , 5 , 2011
Cells
Adipose derived stem cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.25%
Medium
PBS
Stem
Human
Hussein, D. , Punjaruk, W. , Storer, L. , Shaw, L. , Othman, R. , Ottoman, R. , Peet, A. , Miller, S. , Bandopadhyay, G. , Heath, R. , Kumari, R. , Bowman, K. , Braker, P. , Rahman, R. , Jones, G. , Watson, S. and Lowe, J.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Cancer Stem Cells: Cell Cycle Dynamics, DNA Repair, and Etoposide Extrusion. ,
Neuro Oncol
 13 , 70-83 , 2011
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Stem
Human
Human
Sauvageot, C. , Weatherbee, J. , Kesari, S. , Winters, S. , Barnes, J. , Dellagatta, J. , Ramakrishna, N. , Stiles, C. , Kung, A. , Kieran, M. and Wen, P.
Efficacy of the HSP90 Inhibitor 17-AAG in Human Glioma Cell Lines and Tumorigenic Glioma Stem Cells. , Neuro Oncol Vol. 11 , 109 , 2009
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Stem
Human
Human, male
Kossack, N. , Meneses, J. , Shefi, S. , Nguyen, H. , Chavez, S. , Nicholas, C. , Gromoll, J. , Turek, P. and Reijo-Pera, R.
Isolation and Characterization of Pluripotent Human Spermatogonial Stem Cell-Derived Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 , 2008
Cells
Spermatogonial stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human, adult
Kambe, N, Kambe, M, Kochan, J. and Schwartz ,L.
Human Skin-derived Mast Cells Can Proliferate While Retaining Their Characteristic Functional and Protease Phenotypes ,
Blood
 97 , 2045 , 2001
Cells
Human skin mast cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Monkey
Baboons, 1yr, 7yr, 14 yr
Nagano, M. , McCarrey, J. and Brinster, R.
Primate Spermatogonial Stem Cells Colonize Mouse Testes ,
Biol Reprod
 64 , 1409 , 2001
Cells
Primate spermatogonial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse

Mouse, adult

Kumar, S. , Suman, S. , Angdisen, J. , Moon, B. , Kallakury, B. , Datta, K. and Fornace, A.
Effects of High-Linear-Energy-Transfer Heavy Ion Radiation on Intestinal Stem Cells: Implications for Gut Health and Tumorigenesis. ,
Cancers
 16 , 2024
Cells
Intestinal stem
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Martin, L. and Seandel, M.
Serial Enrichment of Spermatogonial Stem and Progenitor Cells (SSCs) in Culture for Derivation of Long-Term Adult Mouse SSC Lines. ,
J Vis Exp
 72 , e50017 , 2013
Cells
Spermatogonial stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
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
Stem
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
Stem
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
Stem
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
Stem
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
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Rountree, C. , Ding, W. , Dang, H. , Vankirk, C. and Crooks, G.
Isolation of CD133+ Liver Stem Cells for Clonal Expansion. ,
J Vis Exp
 56 , e3183 , 2011
Cells
CD133+ stem
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, postnatal
Sher, F. , Rossler, R. , Brouwer, N. , Balasubramaniyan, V. , Boddeke, E. and Copray, S.
Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells Into Oligodendrocytes: Involvement of the Polycomb Group Protein Ezh2. ,
Stem Cells
 26 , 2875 , 2008
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 12 week
Taddei, I. , Deugnier, M. , Faraldo, M. , Petit, V. , Bouvard, D. , Medina, D. , Fassler, R. , Thiery, J. and Glukhova, M.
Beta1 Integrin Deletion from the Basal Compartment of the Mammary Epithelium Affects Stem Cells ,
Nat Cell Biol
 10 , 716-22 , 2008
Cells
Mammary epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Hyaluronidase : 100 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
see reference
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Li Wen-Lin, Su Juan, Yao Yu-Cheng, Tao Xin-Rong, Yan Yong-Bi, Yu Hong-Yu, Wang Xin-Min, Li Jian-Xiu, Yang Yong-Ji, Lau Joseph T Y, Hu Yi-Ping.
Isolation and characterization of bipotent liver progenitor cells from adult mouse ,
Stem Cells
 24 , 322-32 , 2006
Cells
Liver epithelial progenitor cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, day 7
Lee, A, Kessler, J, Read, T, Kaiser, C, Corbeil, D, Huttner ,W, Johnson, J, Wechsler-Reya, R.
Isolation of Neural Stem Cells from the Postnatal Cerebellum ,
Nat Neurosci
 8 , 723 , 2005
Cells
Cerebellar stem cells
Enzymes
Papain : 10u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 250 u/ml
Medium
Dulbecco's PBS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Boulanger CA, Smith GH.
Reducing mammary cancer risk through premature stem cell senescence ,
Oncogene
 20 , 2264-72 , 2001
Cells
Mammary epithelial stem
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Pronase : 1.25%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Ovine
Ovine, 3-5 year
Letouzey, V. , Tan, K. , Deane, J. , Ulrich, D. , Gurung, S. , Ong, Y. and Gargett, C.
Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in the Ovine Endometrium. ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , e0127531 , 2015
Cells
Endometrial stromal
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12

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.