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Lung
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig, male, 250-300 g
Sikpi, M. , Nair, C. , Johns, A. and Das, S.
Metabolic and Ultrastructural Characterizationof Guinea-Pig Alveolar Type II Cells Isolated by Centrifugal Elutriation ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 877 , 20 , 1986
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Elastase : 40 u/ml
Medium
PBS
(see reference)
Lung
Human
Human
Bahmed, K. , Boukhenouna, S. , Karim, L. , Andrews, T. , Lin, J. , Powers, R. , Wilson, M. , Lin, C. , Messier, E. , Reisdorph, N. , Powell, R. , Tang, H. , Mason, R. , Criner, G. and Kosmider, B.
The Effect of Cysteine Oxidation on DJ-1 Cytoprotective Function in Human Alveolar Type II Cells. ,
Cell Death Dis
 10 , 638 , 2019
Cells
Aveolar
Enzymes
Elastase : 12.9 u/ml
Medium
PBS
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
Barkauskas, C. , Cronce, M. , Rackley, C. , Bowie, E. , Keene, D. , Stripp, B. , Randell, S. , Noble, P. and Hogan, B.
Type 2 Alveolar Cells are Stem Cells in Adult Lung ,
J Clin Invest
 123 , 3025 , 2013
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 2 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Elastase : 10 u/ml
Medium
Bronchial Epithelial Growth Medium
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
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
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
Rat
Rat, SD, 250-300g
Chen J. , Chen Z. , Narasaraju T. , Jin N. and Liu L.
Isolation of Highly Pure Alveolar Epithelial Type I and Type II Cells from Rat Lungs ,
Lab Invest
 84 , 727 , 2004
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Elastase : 3-4.5 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, 125-150 g
Liebler, J. , Borok, Z. , Li, X. , Zhou, B. , Sandoval, A. and Kim, K.and Crandall, E.
Alveolar Epithelial Type I Cells Express Beta 2-Adrenergic Receptors and G-protein Receptor Kinase 2. ,
J Histochem Cytochem
 52 , 759 , 2004
Cells
Alveolar type I & II
Enzymes
Elastase : 2.5-8 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, 200-225 g
Sunil VR, Connor AJ, Guo Y, Laskin JD. and Laskin DL
Activation of type II alveolar epithelial cells during acute endotoxemia ,
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
 282 , L872 , 2002
Cells
Type II alveolar epithelial cells
Enzymes
Elastase : 4.2 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, adult
Kemp, P. , Kim, K. , Borok. and Crandall, E.
Re-evaluating the Na+ Conductance of Adult Rat Alveolar Type II Pneumocytes: Evidence for the Involvement of cGMP-Activated Cation Channels ,
J Physiol
 536 (3) , 693 , 2001
Cells
Alveolar
Enzymes
Elastase : 2.0 - 2.5 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
(see reference)
Lung
Rat
Rat, male
Planus, E. , Galiacy, S. , Matthay, M. , Laurent, V. , Gavrilovic, J. , Murphy, G. , Clerici, C. , Isabey, D. , Lafuma, C. and d'Ortho, M.
Role of Collagenase in Mediating in Vitro Alveolar Epithelial Wound Repair ,
J Cell Sci
 112 , 243 , 1999
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Elastase : 40 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Rat
Rat, male, 200-250g
Bakhramov, A, Evans, M. and Kozlowski, R
Differential effects of hypoxia on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration of myocytes isolated from different regions of the rat pulmonary arterial tree ,
Exp Physiol
 83 , 337-47 , 1998
Cells
Pulmonary arterial myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Papain : 0.15%
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
PBS
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 125-175 g
Kim, K. , Suh, D. , Lubman, R. , Danto, S. , Borok, Z. and Crandall, E.
Studies on the Mechanisms of Active Ion Fluxes Across Alveolar Epithelial Cell Monolayers ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 14 , 187 , 1992
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Elastase : 2 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Lung
Rat
Rat, Fischer 344, male
Mangum, J. , Everitt, J. , Bonner, J. , Moore, L. and Brody, A.
Co-Culture of Primary Pulmonary Cells to Model Alveolar Injury and Translocation of Proteins ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 1135 , 1990
Cells
Alveolar type II pneumocytes
Enzymes
Elastase : 40 u/ml
Medium
HEPES buffer
(see reference)
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-400 g
Ma, J. , LaCagnin, L. , Bowman, L. and Miles, P.
Carbon Tetrachloride Inhibits Synthesis of Pulmonary Surfactant Disaturated Phosphatidylcholines and ATP Production in Alveolar Type II Cells ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 1003 , 136 , 1989
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Elastase : 40 u/ml
Medium
Phosphate-buffered medium
(see reference)
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 180-200 g
Dobbs, L. , Gonzalez R. and Williams, M.
An Improved Method for Isolating Type ll Cells in High Yield and Purity ,
Am Rev Respir Dis
 134 , 141 , 1986
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Elastase : 4.3 u/ml
Medium
HEPES
(see reference)
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 150-400 g
Goodman, B. , Fleischer, R. and Crandall, E.
Evidence for Active Na+ Transport by Cultured Monolayers of Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells ,
Am J Physiol
 245 , C78 , 1983
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Elastase : 4 u/ml
Medium
Auto-Pow Eagle's modified MEM
Stem
Human
Human
Barkauskas, C. , Cronce, M. , Rackley, C. , Bowie, E. , Keene, D. , Stripp, B. , Randell, S. , Noble, P. and Hogan, B.
Type 2 Alveolar Cells are Stem Cells in Adult Lung ,
J Clin Invest
 123 , 3025 , 2013
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 2 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Elastase : 10 u/ml
Medium
Bronchial Epithelial Growth Medium
Stem
Human
Human
Klein, D. , Weisshardt, P. , Kleff, V. , Jastrow, H. , Jakob, H. and Ergun, S.
Vascular Wall-Resident CD44+ Multipotent Stem Cells Vive Rise to Pericytes and Smooth Muscle Cells and Contribute to New Vessel Maturation. ,
PLoS ONE
 6 , e20540 , 2011
Cells
Vascular wall-resident multipotent stem cells
Enzymes
Elastase : 5 u/ml
Medium
see reference

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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.