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Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Knight, D. and Baker, P.
Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Isolated Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells ,
Q J Exp Physiol
 68 , 123 , 1983
Cells
Medulla
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.2%
Medium
Saline w/BSA 0.5%
Adrenal
Bovine
Bovine
Brooks, J.C.
The Isolated Bovine Adrenomedullary Chromaffin Cell: A Model of Neuronal Excitation-Secretion ,
Endocrinology
 101 , 1369 , 1977
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.2%
Medium
HEPES, CF
Adrenal
Hamster
Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) 100-150 g
Liang, B.T. and Perlman, R.L.
Catecholamine Secretion by Hamster Adrenal Cells ,
J Neurochem
 32 , 927 , 1979
Cells
Adrenal
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.20%
Medium
Kreb's Ringer bicarbonate buffer
Adrenal
Mouse
Mouse
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Rat
Rat
Dominguez, N. , Rodri­guez, M. , Machado, J. and Borges, R.
Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 846 , 223 , 2012
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.003-0.015%
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Adrenal
Rat
Rat
Gilabert, J, Montalvo, G. and Artalejo A.
Rat Chromaffin Cells Primary Cultures: Standardization and Quality Assessment for Single-Cell Assays ,
Nat Protoc
 , 294 , 2006
Cells
Chromaffin
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Adrenal
Rat
Rat, SD
Gilabert, J.
Necessary Conditions to Maintain Rat Adrenal Chromaffin Cells in Primary Culture , Cell Biology of the Chromaffin Cell , Borges, R. and Gandia, L. , Instituto Teofilo Hernando , 2004
Cells
Chromaffin cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Human

Human, fetal

Barbar, L. , Rusielewicz, T. , Zimmer, M. , Kalpana, K. and Fossati, V.
Isolation of Human CD49f Astrocytes and iPSC-Based Neurotoxicity Assays. , STAR Protoc Vol. 1 , 100172 , 2020
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
PDS kit : see reference
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Human
Human, 25-81 yr
Volovitz, I, Shapira, N. , Ezer, H. , Gafni, A. , Lustgarten, M. , Alter, T. , Ben-Horin, I. , Barzilai, O. , Shahar, T. , Kanner, A. , Fried, I. , Veshchev, I. , Grossman, R. and Ram, Z,
A Non-Aggressive, Highly Efficient, Enzymatic Method for Dissociation of Human Brain-Tumors and Brain-Tissues to Viable Single-Cells. ,
BMC Neurosci
 17 , 30 , 2016
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.11 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
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
Brain
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
Brain
Human

Human

Arlotta, P. , Quadrato, G. and Sherwood, L.
Long-term Culture and Electrophysiological Characterization of Human Brain Organoids , Protocol.OI Vol. https://doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.049
Cells
Brain organoids
Brain
Mouse

Mouse, adult

Joseph, D. , Deimling, M. , Hasegawa, Y. , Cristancho, A. , Risbud, R. , McCoy, A. and Marsh, E.
Protocol for Isolating Young Adult Parvalbumin Interneurons from the Mouse Brain for Extraction of High-Quality RNA. , STAR Protoc Vol. 2 , 100714 , 2021
Cells
Interneurons
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Saxena, A. , Wagatsuma, A. , Noro, Y. , Kuji, T. , Asaka-Oba, A. , Watahiki, A. , Gurnot, C. , Fagiolini, M. , Hensch, T. and Carninci, P.
Trehalose-Enhanced Isolation of Neuronal Sub-Types from Adult Mouse Brain. ,
Biotechniques
 52 , 381 , 2012
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 day
Lee, H. , Greene, L. , Mason, C. and Manzini, M.
Isolation and Culture of Post-Natal Mouse Cerebellar Granule Neuron Progenitor Cells and Neurons. ,
J Vis Exp
 23 , 990 , 2009
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Seaberg, R. , Smukler, S. and Van der Kooy, D.
Intrinsic Differences Distinguish Transiently Neurogenic Progenitors from Neural Stem Cells in the Early Postnatal Brain. ,
Dev Biol
 278 , 71 , 2005
Cells
Neural progenitor
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
see reference
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Klein C, Butt SJ, Machold RP, Johnson JE. and Fishell G.
Cerebellum- and forebrain-derived stem cells possess intrinsic regional character ,
Development
 132 , 4497 , 2005
Cells
Neurosperes
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Hernandez, F. , Perez, M. , Lucas, J. , Mata, A. , Bhat, R. and Avila, J.
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 plays a Crucial Role in Tau Exon 10 Splicing and Intranuclear Distribution of SC35. Implications for Alzheimer's Disease. ,
J Biol Chem
 279 , 3801 , 2004
Cells
Cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 day
Smeyne Michelle, Smeyne RichardJ.
Method for culturing postnatal substantia nigra as an in vitro model of experimental Parkinson's disease ,
Brain Res Brain Res Protoc
 9 , 105-11 , 2002
Cells
Postnal substantia nigra
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
see reference
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Estivill-Torrus, G. , Pearson, H. , Van Heyningen, V. , Price, D. and Rashbass, P.
Pax6 is Required to Regulate the Cell Cycle and the Rate of Progression from Symmetrical to Asymmetrical Division in Mammalian Cortical Progenitors. ,
Development
 129 , 455 , 2002
Cells
Cortical progenitors
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Serum free medium
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Martin-Aparicio, E. , Yamamoto, A. , Hernandez, F. , Hen, R. , Avila, J. and Lucas, J.
Proteasomal-Dependent Aggregate Reversal and Absence of Cell Death in a Conditional Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. ,
J Neurosci
 21 , 8772 , 2001
Cells
Neurons and glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Ovine
Ovine
Lepore G, Gadau S, Mura A, Zedda M, Farina V.
Aromatase Immunoreactivity in Fetal Ovine Neuronal Cell Cultures Exposed to Oxidative Injury. ,
Eur J Histochem
 53 , e28 , 2009
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, 7 day
Tanaka, S. , Shaikh, I. , Chiocca, E. and Saeki, Y.
The Gs-Linked Receptor GPR3 Inhibits the Proliferation of Cerebellar Granule Cells During Postnatal Development. ,
PLoS ONE
 4 , e5922 , 2009
Cells
Cerebellar granule neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
PBS
Brain
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 14 day
Mizoguchi Y, Kanematsu T, Hirata M, Nabekura J.
A rapid increase in the total number of cell surface functional GABAA receptors induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat visual cortex ,
J Biol Chem
 278 , 44097 , 2003
Cells
Visual cortical
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, E16
Varney MA, Cosford ND, Jachec C, Rao SP, Sacaan A, Lin FF, Bleicher L, Santori EM, Flor PJ, Allgeier H, Gasparini F, Kuhn R, Hess SD, Velicelebi G, Johnson EC.
SIB-1757 and SIB-1893: selective, noncompetitive antagonists of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 290 , 170 , 1999
Cells
Cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
Neurobasal Medium
Brain
Rat
Rat, E18
Naeve GS, Ramakrishnan M, Kramer R, Hevroni D, Citri Y, Theill LE.
Neuritin: a gene induced by neural activity and neurotrophins that promotes neuritogenesis ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 94 , 2648-53 , 1997
Cells
Hippocampal and cortical neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal media
Cartilage
Human
Human
Muraglia, A. , Nguyen, V. , Nardini, M. , Mogni, M. , Coviello, D. , Dozin, B. , Strada, P. , Baldelli, I. , Formica, M. , Cancedda, R. and Mastrogiacomo, M.
Culture Medium Supplements Derived from Human Platelet and Plasma: Cell Commitment and Proliferation Support. ,
Front Bioeng Biotechnol
 5 , 66 , 2017
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Collagenase Type 2 : 1000 u/ml
Collagenase Type 1 : 400 u/ml
Medium
Ham's F12
Cartilage
Human
Human, adult
Liagre B, Vergne-Salle P, Corbiere C, Charissoux JL. and Beneytout JL.
Diosgenin, a Plant Steroid, Induces Apoptosis in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synoviocytes with Cyclooxygenase-2 Overexpression ,
Arthritis Res Ther
 6(4) , R373 , 2004
Cells
Synovial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Cartilage
Human
Human
Dunham B P, Koch R J.
Basic fibroblast growth factor and insulinlike growth factor I support the growth of human septal chondrocytes in a serum-free environment ,
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
 124 , 1325-30 , 1998
Cells
Septal chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Cartilage
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 1.8-2.3kg
Mehraban F, Tindal MH, Proffitt MM, Moskowitz RW.
Temporal pattern of cysteine endopeptidase (cathepsin B) expression in cartilage and synovium from rabbit knees with experimental osteoarthritis: gene expression in chondrocytes in response to interleukin-1 and matrix depletion ,
Ann Rheum Dis
 56 , 108 , 1997
Cells
Chondrocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Gey's solution
Colon
Human
Human
Rollo, B. , Zhang, D. , Stamp, L. , Menheniott, T. , Stathopoulos, L. , Denham, M. , Dottori, M. , King, S. , Hutson, J. and Newgreen, D.
Enteric Neural Cells from Hirschsprung Disease Patients Form Ganglia in Autologous Aneuronal Colon ,
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol
 2 , 92 , 2016
Cells
Colon enteric neural
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-12
Colon
Human
Human
Varnat, F. , Duquet, A. , Malerba, M. , Zbinden, M. , Mas, C. , Gervaz, P. and Ruiz i Altaba, A.
Human Colon Cancer Epithelial Cells Harbour Active HEDGEHOG-GLI Signalling that is Essential for Tumour Growth, Recurrence, Metastasis and Stem Cell Survival and Expansion. ,
EMBO Mol Med
 1 , 338-51 , 2009
Cells
Colon cancer
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 100 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Endothelial
Human
Human
Gordon, P. , Sussman, I. and Hatcher, V.
Long-Term Culture of Human Endothelial Cells ,
In Vitro
 19 , 661 , 1983
Cells
Fibroblasts
Foreskin
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
DMEM
Endothelial
Mouse
Mouse, 2 month
Sabbagh, M. and Nathans, J.
A Genome-wide View of the De-differentiation of Central Nervous System Endothelial Cells in Culture ,
Elife
 , 1 , 2020
Cells
Endothelial, CNS
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Stemxyme 1 : 0.1%
Medium
EC growth medium
Endothelial
Rabbit
Rabbit
Choi, J. , Ko, M. and Kay, E.
Subcellular Localization of the Expressed 18 kDa FGF-2 Isoform in Corneal Endothelial Cells ,
Mol Vis
 6 , 222 , 2000
Cells
Corneal endothelial cells (CEC)
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM

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.