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Adipose/Fat
Rat
Rat, SD, various weights and ages
Woodward, Julie A. and Saggerson, E.
Effect of Adenosine Deaminase, N6-Phenylisopropyladenosine and Hypothroidism on the Responsiveness of Rat Brown Adipocytes to Noradrenaline ,
Biochem J
 238 , 395 , 1986
Cells
Brown adipocytes
Interscapular & cervical depots
Enzymes
Medium
Krebs Ringer bicarbonate buffer
Colon
Rat
Rat, adult
Somara, S. , Bashllari, D. , Gilmont, R. and Bitar, K.
Real-Time Dynamic Movement of Caveolin-1 During Smooth Muscle Contraction of Human Colon and Aged Rat Colon Transfected with Caveolin-1 cDNA. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 300 , G1022 , 2011
Cells
Colon smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Endothelial
Bovine
Bovine
Yu, M. , McAndrew, R. , Al-Saghir, R. , Maier, K. , Medhora, M. , Roman, R. and Jacobs, E.
Nitric Oxide Contributes to 20-HETE-Induced Relaxation of Pulmonary Arteries. ,
J Appl Physiol
 93 , 1391 , 2002
Cells
Pulmonary artery endothelial and smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.04-0.05%
Medium
RPMI-1640
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-300 g
Schwertschlag, U.S. and Whorton, A.R.
Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Homologous and Heterologous Desensitization In Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 263 , 13791 , 1988
Cells
Smooth muscle, aorta
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS with 0.2 mM Ca++
Epithelial
Human
Human
Smoot, D. , Sewchand, J. , Young, K. , Desbrodes, B. , Allen, C. and Naab, T.
A Method for Establishing Primary Cultures of Human Gastric Epithelial Cells ,
Meth Cell Sci
 22 , 133 , 2000
Cells
Gastric epithelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
L-15
Epithelial
Mouse
Mouse, male, 8-16 week
Breggia, A. and Himmelfarb, J.
Primary Mouse Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells have Variable Injury Tolerance to Ischemic and Chemical Mediators of Oxidative Stress. ,
Oxid Med Cell Longev
 1 , 33 , 2008
Cells
Renal tubular epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 200 u/ml
Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor : see reference
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Potts, Malia B. , Vaughn, Allyson E. , McDonough, Holly, Patterson, Cam. and Deshmukh, Mohanish
Reduced Apaf-1 levels in cardiomyocytes engage strict regulation of apoptosis by endogenous XIAP ,
J Cell Biol
 171 , 925 , 2005
Cells
Cardiomyoctes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal 2-4 day
Bettahi, I,, Marker, C. , Roman, M. and Wickman, K.
Contribution of the Kir3.1 Subunit to the Muscarinic-gated Atrial Potassium Channel IKACh ,
J Biol Chem
 277 , 48282 , 2002
Cells
Atrial myocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : with modifications see reference
Medium
L-15
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 3-7 month
Bradshaw AD, Francki A, Motamed K, Howe C, Sage EH.
Primary mesenchymal cells isolated from SPARC-null mice exhibit altered morphology and rates of proliferation ,
Mol Biol Cell
 10 , 1569-79 , 1999
Cells
Fibroblasts, mesangial, smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : see reference
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Lader, A. , Kwiatkowski, D. and Cantiello, H.
Role of Gelsolin in the Actin Filament Regulation of Cardiac L-type Calcium Channels ,
Am J Physiol
 277 , C1277 , 1999
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : with modifications see reference
Medium
L-15
Heart
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Lader, A. , Xiao, Y. , Ishikawa, Y. , Cui, Y. , Vatner, D. , Vatner, S. , Homcy, C. and Cantiello, H.
Cardiac Gsalpha Overexpression Enhances L-type Calcium Channels Through an Adenylyl Cyclase Independent Pathway ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 95 , 9669 , 1998
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : with modifications see reference
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1-2 day
Xie, L. , Pi, X. , Townley-Tilson, WH. , Li, N. , Wehrens, X. , Entman, M. , Taffet, G. , Mishra, A. , Peng, J. , Schisler, J. , Meissner, G. and Patterson, C.
PHD2/3-dependent Hydroxylation Tunes Cardiac Response to β-adrenergic Stress via Phospholamban. ,
J Clin Invest
 125 , 2759-71 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Song, D. , Lee, K. , Ryu, J. , Jeon, H. and Kim, D.
The Molecular Interaction of Heart LIM Protein (HLP) with RyR2 and Caveolin-3 is Essential for Ca(2+)-Induced Ca(2+) Release in the Heart. ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 463 , 975-81 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Sakurai, T. , Lanahan, A. , Woolls, M. , Li, N. , Tirziu, D. and Murakami, M.
Live Cell Imaging of Primary Rat Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Following Adenoviral and Lentiviral Transduction using Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e51666 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Dittami, G. , Rajguru, S. , Lasher, R. , Hitchcock, R. and Rabbitt, R.
Intracellular Calcium Transients Evoked by Pulsed Infrared Radiation in Neonatal Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Physiol
 589 , 1295-306 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male
Brinckmann, M. , Kaschina, E. , Altarche-Xifro, W. , Curato, C. , Timm, M. , Grzesiak, A. , Dong, J. , Kappert, K. , Kintscher, U. , Unger, T. and Li, J.
Estrogen Receptor Alpha Supports Cardiomyocytes Indirectly Through Post-Infarct Cardiac c-kit+ Cells. ,
J Mol Cell Cardiol
 47 , 66 , 2009
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Smith, M. , Huang, Y. and Deshmukh, M.
Skeletal Muscle Differentiation Evokes Endogenous XIAP to Restrict the Apoptotic Pathway. ,
PLoS ONE
 4 , e5097 , 2009
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Kim, M. , Oh, J. , Sakata, S. , Liang, I. , Park, W. , Hajjar, R. and Lebeche, D.
Role of Resistin in Cardiac Contractility and Hypertrophy. ,
J Mol Cell Cardiol
 45 , 270 , 2008
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Robinet, A. , Millart, H. , Oszust, F. , Hornebeck, W. and Bellon, G.
Binding of Elastin Peptides to S-Gal Protects the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Triggering the RISK Pathway. ,
FASEB J
 21 , 1968 , 2007
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, neonatal
Butler, T. , Au, C. , Yang, B. , Egan, J. , Tan, Y. , Hardeman, E. , North, K. , Verkman, A. and Winlaw, D.
Cardiac Aquaporin Expression in Humans, Rats, and Mice. ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 291 , H705 , 2006
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1-2 day
Pedram, A. , Razandi, M. , Aitkenhead, M. and Levin, E
Estrogen Inhibits Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy in vitro. Antagonism of Calcineurin-related Hypertrophy through Induction of MCIP1 ,
J Biol Chem
 280 , 26339 , 2005
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 1-3 day
Castillo, A. , Ruzmetov, N. , Harvey, K. , Stillwell, W. , Zaloga, G. and Siddiqui, R.
Docosahexaenoic Acid Inhibits Protein Kinase C Translocation/Activation and Cardiac Hypertrophy in Rat Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Mol Genet Med
 1 , 18 , 2005
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Muller-Bore, B. , Cascio, W. , Anderson, P. , Snowwaert, J. , Frye, J. , Desai, N. , Esch, G. , Brackham, J. , Bagnell, C. , Coleman, W. , Grisham, J. and Malouf, N.
Adult-derived Liver Stem Cells Acquire a Cardiomyocyte Structural and Functional Phenotype ex vivo ,
Am J Pathol
 165 , 135 , 2004
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat,1-2 day
Natarajan AR, Rong Q, Katchman AN. and Ebert SN.
Intrinsic cardiac catecholamines help maintain beating activity in neonatal rat cardiomyocyte cultures ,
Pediatr Res
 56 , 411 , 2004
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1 day
Chen, Z. , Ge, Y. and Kang J.
Down-regulation of the M6P/IGF-II Receptor Increases Cell Proliferation and Reduces Apoptosis in Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes ,
BMC Cell Biol
 5 , 15 , 2004
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
F-10
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Li TS, Ito H, Kajiwara K. and Hamano K.
Long-term survival of xenografted neonatal cardiomyocytes by adenovirus-mediated CTLA4-Ig expression and CD40 blockade ,
Circulation
 108 , 1760 , 2003
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1 day
Yang Y, Liao H, Ke Q, Cai J, Xiao YF. and Morgan JP
Enhancement of nitric oxide production by methylecgonidine in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes ,
Br J Pharmacol
 135 , 188 , 2002
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, newborn
Rahman A, Alam M, Rao S, Cai L, Clark LT, Shafiq S. and Siddiqui MA
Differential effects of doxorubicin on atrial natriuretic peptide expression in vivo and in vitro ,
Biol Res
 34(3-4) , 195 , 2001
Cells
Cardiac myocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Guo K, Searfoss G, Krolikowski D, Pagnoni M, Franks C, Clark K, Yu KT, Jaye M, Ivashchenko Y.
Hypoxia induces the expression of the pro-apoptotic gene BNIP3 ,
Cell Death Differ
 8 , 367-76 , 2001
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/M199
Heart
Rat
Rat, wistar, 2 day
Cowan DB, Poutias DN, Del Nido PJ. and McGowan FX Jr
CD14-independent activation of cardiomyocyte signal transduction by bacterial endotoxin ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 279 , H619 , 2000
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM-F12
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Webster DR. and Patrick DL.
Beating rate of isolated neonatal cardiomyocytes is regulated by the stable microtubule subset ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 278 , H1653 , 2000
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1-2 day
Matsui, T. , Li, Ling, Del Monte, F. , Fukui, Y. , Franke, T. , Hajjar, R. and Rosenzweig, A.
Adenoviral gene transfer of activated phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase and Akt inhibits apoptosis of hypoxic cardiomyocytes in vitro ,
Circulation
 100 , 2373-9 , 1999
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
RPMI
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1 day
Wagner DR, Combes A, McTiernan C, Sanders VJ, Lemster B, Feldman AM.
Adenosine inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha ,
Circ Res
 82 , 47-56 , 1998
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Heart
Rat
SD, SHR or WKY
MacGregor, R. , Klein, R. and Bansal, D.
Secretion of Plasminogen Activator Activity from Neonatal Rat Heart Cells is Regulated by Hormones and Growth Factors ,
Ann N Y Acad Sci
 752 , 331 , 1995
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Human
Human
Stallmach A, Schaffer F, Hoffmann S, Weber S, Muller-Molaian I, Schneider T, Kohne G, Ecker KW, Feifel G, Zeitz M.
Increased state of activation of CD4 positive T cells and elevated interferon gamma production in pouchitis ,
Gut
 43 , 499-505 , 1998
Cells
Mucosal mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Kidney
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

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.