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Stem
Human
Human, adult, male
Papini S, Cecchetti D, Campani D, Fitzgerald W, Grivel J, Chen S, Margolis L, Revoltella R.
Isolation and Clonal Analysis of Human Epidermal Keratinocyte Stem Cells in Long-term Culture ,
Stem Cells
 21 , 481 , 2003
Cells
Human epidermal keratinocyte stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human, 7-8 yr
Miura, M. , Gronthos, S, Zhao, M, Lu, B, Fisher, L, Robey, P. and Shi, S.
SHED: Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 100 , 5807 , 2003
Cells
Stem cells Human exfoliated deciduous teeth
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Stem
Human
Human
Zhang, S. , Wernig, M. , Duncan, I. , Brustle, O. and Thomson, J.
In Vitro Differentiation of Transplantable Neural Precursors from Human Embryonic Stem Cells ,
Nat Biotechnol
 19 , 1129 , 2001
Cells
Stem, embryonic
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.01% - 0.02%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human
Thomson JA, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Shapiro SS, Waknitz MA, Swiergiel JJ, Marshall VS, Jones JM.
Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts ,
Science
 282 , 1145-7 , 1998
Cells
Embryonic stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human
Alessandri Giulio, Pagano Stefano, Bez Alessandra, Benetti Anna, Pozzi Stefano, Iannolo Gioacchin, Baronio Manuela, Invernici Gloria, Caruso Arnaldo, Muneretto Claudio, Bisleri Gianluigi, Parati Eugenio.
Isolation and culture of human muscle-derived stem cells able to differentiate into myogenic and neurogenic cell lineages ,
Lancet
 364 , 1872-83
Cells
Muscle-derived stem cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
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, 8-12 week
Huch, M. , Bonfanti, P. , Boj, S. , Sato, T. , Loomans, C. , Van de Wetering, M. , Sojoodi, M. , Li, V. , Schuijers, J. , Gracanin, A. , Ringnalda, F. , Begthel, H. , Hamer, K. , Mulder, J. , Van Es, J. and De Koning, E.
Unlimited In Vitro Expansion of Adult Bi-Potent Pancreas Progenitors Through the Lgr5/R-Spondin Axis. ,
EMBO J
 32 , 2708-21 , 2013
Cells
Pancreas organoid
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.012%
Collagenase : 0.012%
Medium
DMEM
File
11021.pdf (2.37 MB)
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
File
10904.pdf (431.51 KB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Jensen, U. , Ghazizadeh, S. and Owens, D.
Isolation and Characterization of Cutaneous Epithelial Stem Cells. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 989 , 61-9 , 2013
Cells
Epithelial stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
File
11456.pdf (386.28 KB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, P4
Hotta, R. , Stamp, L. , Foong, J. , McConnell, S. , Bergner, A. , Anderson, R. , Enomoto, H. , Newgreen, D. , Obermayr, F. , Furness, J. and Young, H.
Transplanted Progenitors Generate Functional Enteric Neurons in the Postnatal Colon. ,
J Clin Invest
 123 , 1182 , 2013
Cells
Enteric neural crest progenitors
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
10914.pdf (4.06 MB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 week
Masaki, T. , Qu, J. , Cholewa-Waclaw, J. , Burr, K. , Raaum, R. and Rambukkana, A.
Reprogramming Adult Schwann Cells to Stem Cell-Like Cells by Leprosy Bacilli Promotes Dissemination of Infection. ,
Cell
 152 , 51 , 2013
Cells
Schwann
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM
File
11070.pdf (4.73 MB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Xue, X. and Shah, Y.
In Vitro Organoid Culture of Primary Mouse Colon Tumors. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e50210 , 2013
Cells
Colon tumor organoids
Enzymes
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
File
11387.pdf (2.68 MB)
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
File
11083.pdf (1.7 MB)
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
Barthel, E. , Speer, A. , Levin, D. , Sala, F. , Hou, X. , Torashima, Y. , Wigfall, C. and Grikscheit, T.
Tissue Engineering of the Intestine in a Murine Model. ,
J Vis Exp
 70 , e4279 , 2012
Cells
Intestinal organoids
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 800 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.013%
Medium
DMEM
File
10893.pdf (556.52 KB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Janebodin, K. , Horst, O. , Ieronimakis, N. , Balasundaram, G. , Reesukumal, K. , Pratumvinit, B. and Reyes, M.
Isolation and Characterization of Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells from Dental Pulp of Neonatal Mice. ,
PLoS ONE
 6 , e27526 , 2011
Cells
Dental pulp stem
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
File
10867.pdf (13.71 MB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Rasheed, Z. , Wang, Q. and Matsui, W.
Isolation of Stem Cells from Human Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts. ,
J Vis Exp
 43 , 2169 , 2010
Cells
Pancreatic cancer stem
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.6 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
File
11033.pdf (187.64 KB)
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Deleyrolle, L. and Reynolds, B.
Isolation, Expansion, and Differentiation of Adult Mammalian Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells using the Neurosphere Assay. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 549 , 91 , 2009
Cells
Adult neural stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Burger, P. , Gupta, R. , Xiong, X. , Ontiveros, C. , Salm, S. , Moscatelli, D. and Wilson, E.
High Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity: A Novel Functional Marker of Murine Prostate Stem/Progenitor Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 27 , 2220-8 , 2009
Cells
Prostate epithelial/stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
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, embryonic
Lu Shi-Jiang, Feng Qiang, Caballero Sergio, Chen Yu, Moore Malcolm A, Grant Maria B, Lanza Robert.
Generation of functional hemangioblasts from human embryonic stem cells ,
Nat Methods
 4 , 501-9 , 2007
Cells
HES-BC cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Bi Yanming, Ehirchiou Driss, Kilts Tina M, Inkson Colette A, Embree Mildred C, Sonoyama Wataru, Li Li, Leet Arabella I, Seo Byoung-Moo, Zhang Li, Shi Songtao, Young Marian F.
Identification of tendon stem/progenitor cells and the role of the extracellular matrix in their niche ,
Nat Med
 13 , 1219-27 , 2007
Cells
Tendon stem/progenitor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 8-10 week
Kotton, D. , Fabian, A. and Mulligan, R.
A Novel Stem-Cell Population in Adult Liver with Potent Hematopoietic-Reconstitution Activity. ,
Blood
 106 , 1574 , 2005
Cells
Liver derived stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse
Bertoncello, I. and Williams, B.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Characterization by Hoechst 33342 and Rhodamine 123 Staining. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 263 , 181 , 2004
Cells
Bone marrow
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 4-7 day
Howell, J. , Lee, W. , Morrison, P. , Zhong, J. , Yoder, M. and Srour, E.
Pluripotent Stem Cells Identified in Multiple Murine Tissues. ,
Ann N Y Acad Sci
 996 , 158 , 2003
Cells
Pluripotent stem cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 220 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 33 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
McKinney-Freeman SL, Jackson KA, Camargo FD, Ferrari G, Mavilio F, Goodell MA.
Muscle-derived hematopoietic stem cells are hematopoietic in origin ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 99 , 1341 , 2002
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 6 week
Jackson, K. and Goodell, M.
Hematopoietic Potential of Stem Cells Isolated from Murine Skeletal Muscle ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 96 , 14482 , 1999
Cells
Muscle hematopoietic stem cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 month
Gritti A, Frolichsthal-Schoeller P, Galli R, Parati E, Cova L, Pagano S, Bjornson C. and Vescovi A.
Epidermal and Fibroblast Growth Factors Behave as Mitogenic Regulators for a Single Multipotent Stem Cell-like Population from the Subventricular Region of the Adult Mouse forebrain ,
J Neurosci
 19(9) , 3287 , 1999
Cells
Neural subventricular zone
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.13%
Hyaluronidase : 0.067%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Stem
Porcine
Porcine, 1-4 day
Park, M. , Park, J. , Kim, M. , Lee, K. , Park, H. , Yun, J. , Choi, J. , Lee, E. and Lee, S.
Development of a High-Yield Technique to Isolate Spermatogonial Stem Cells From Porcine Testes. ,
J Assist Reprod Genet
 31 , 983-91 , 2014
Cells
Testicular
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
File
11484.pdf (224 KB)
Stem
Porcine
Porcine, male, 8 day
Dirami G, Ravindranath N, Pursel V, Dym M.
Effects of stem cell factor and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor on survival of porcine type A spermatogonia cultured in KSOM ,
Biol Reprod
 61 , 225-30 , 1999
Cells
Seminiferous epithelial cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Hyaluronidase : 0.15%
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Stem
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 8-10 week
Zhang, J. and Wang, J.
Characterization of Differential Properties of Rabbit Tendon Stem Cells and Tenocytes. ,
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
 11 , 10 , 2010
Cells
Tenocytes and tendon stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Rat
Rat
Jiang, H. , Zhang, Y. , Tian, K. , Wang, B. and Han, S.
Amelioration of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Through Transplantation of Placental Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. ,
Sci Rep
 7 , 41837 , 2017
Cells
Placental mesenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
File
11560.pdf (5.94 MB)
Stem
Rat
Rat, SD, neonatal
Liu, Z. , Wang, H. , Zhang, Y. , Zhou, J. , Lin, Q. , Wang, Y. , Duan, C. , Wu, K. and Wang, C.
Efficient Isolation of Cardiac Stem Cells from Brown Adipose. ,
J Biomed Biotechnol
 2010 , 104296 , 2010
Cells
Brown adipocytes
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
File
10598.pdf (6.13 MB)
Stem
Rat
Rat, SD, newborn
Zeng Yuan-Shan, Ding Ying, Wu Li-Zhi, Guo Jia-Song, Li Hai-Biao, Wong Wai-Man, Wu Wu-Tian.
Co-transplantation of schwann cells promotes the survival and differentiation of neural stem cells transplanted into the injured spinal cord ,
Dev Neurosci
 27 , 20-6 , 2005
Cells
Neutral stem cells, Schwann cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.16%
Medium
DMEM/F12

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.