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Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Kanda, T. , Yoshino, H. , Ariga, T. , Yamawaki, M. and Yu, R.
Glycosphingolipid Antigens in Cultured Microvasular Bovine Brain Endothelial Cells: Sulfoglucuronosyl Paragloboside as a Target of Monoclonal IgM in Demyelinative Neuropathy ,
J Cell Biol
 126 (1) , 235 , 1994
Cells
Microvascular endothelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.005%
Medium
Medium 199
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Miller, D. , Audus, K. and Borchardt, R.
Application of Cultured Endothelial Cells of the Brain Microvasculature in the Study of the Blood-Brain Barrier ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 14 , 217 , 1992
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.125%
Medium
MEM
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Audus, K. and Borchardt, R.
Characterization of an In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model System for Studying Drug Transport and Metabolism ,
Pharm Res
 3 (2) , 81 , 1986
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Brain
Human
Human
Rustenhoven, J. , Park Thomas, I. , Schweder, P. , Scotter, J. , Correia, J. , Smith, A. , Gibbons, H. , Oldfield, R. , Bergin, P. , Mee, E. , Faull, R. , Curtis, M. , Scott, G. and Dragunow, M.
Isolation of Highly Enriched Primary Human Microglia for Functional Studies. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 19371 , 2016
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 10 u/ml
Papain : 2.5 u/ml
Medium
Hibernate A
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
Mouse
Adult and neonatal
Calvo, Belen, Rubio, F. , Fernandez, M. and Tranque, P.
Dissociation of Neonatal and Adult Mice Brain for Simultaneous Analysis of Microglia, Astrocytes and Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Flow Cytometry. , IBRO Rep Vol. 8 , 36-47 , 2020
Cells
Microglia, astrocytes, lymphocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 120 u/ml
Papain : 20 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1.2 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, one month old
Bowman, P. , Betz, A. , Ar, D. , Wolinsky, J. , Penney, J. , Shivers, R. and Goldstein, G.
Primary Culture of Capillary Endothelium From Rat Brain ,
In Vitro
 17 (4) , 353 , 1981
Cells
Capillary endothelium
Pericytes
Enzymes
Medium
Medium 199
Tumor
Hamster
Hamster, 6 week old
Min, B. , Kim, K. , Cherrick, H. and Park, N.
Three Cell Lines from Hamster Buccal Pouch Tumors Induced by Topical 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)Anthracene, Alone or in Conjunction with Herpes Simplex Virus Inoculation ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 128 , 1991
Cells
Buccal pouch
Enzymes
Medium
CMF HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Ayuso, J. , Vitek, R. , Swick, A. , Skala, M. , Wisinski, K. , Kimple, R. , Lambert, P. and Beebe, D.
Effects of Culture Method on Response to EGFR Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells ,
Sci Rep
 9 , 12480 , 2019
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
FM Fibroblast media
Tumor
Human
Human
Jiang, C. , Zhang, Q. , Shanti, R. , Shi, S. , Chang, T. , Carrasco, L. , Alawi, F. and Le, A.
Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Interleukin-6 Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Acquisition of Epithelial Stem-Like Cell Properties in Ameloblastoma Epithelial Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 2083-2094 , 2017
Cells
Ameloblastoma epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Neutral Protease : 50 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Tumor
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
Tumor
Human
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
Tumor
Human
Human
Boyd, J. , Rinehart Jr. , Walton, L. , Siegal, G. and Kaufman, D.
Ultrastructural Characterization of Two New Human Endometrial Carcinoma Cell Lines and Normal Human Endometrial Epithelial Cells Cultured on Extracellular Matrix ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 701 , 1990
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Tumor
Human
Human, 9-74 year
Sheela S, Riccardi VM, Ratner N.
Angiogenic and invasive properties of neurofibroma Schwann cells ,
J Cell Biol
 111 , 645-53 , 1990
Cells
Neurofibroma
Enzymes
Medium
L-15
Tumor
Mouse
Mouse
Aguilera, T. , Rafat, M. , Castellini, L. , Shehade, H. , Kariolis, M. , Hui, A. , Stehr, H. , von Eyben, R. , Jiang, D. , Ellies, L. , Koong, A. , Diehn, M. , Rankin, E. Graves, E. and Giaccia, A.
Reprogramming the Immunological Microenvironment through Radiation and Targeting Axl. ,
Nat Commun
 7 , 13898 , 2016
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Neutral Protease : 0.5 u/ml
Medium
F12K
Tumor
Mouse
Mouse
Filtjens, J. , Keirsse, J. , Van Ammel, E. , Taveirne, S. , Van Acker, A. , Kerre, T. , Taghon, T. , Vandekerckhove, B. , Plum, J. , Van Ginderachter, J. and Leclercq, G.
Expression of the Inhibitory Ly49E Receptor is Not Critically Involved in the Immune Response Against Cutaneous, Pulmonary or Liver tumours. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 30564 , 2016
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Tumor
Mouse
Mouse
Xiao, L. , McCann, J. and Dudley, A.
Isolation and Culture Expansion of Tumor-specific Endothelial Cells. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e53072 , 2015
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Mouse
Mouse
Dunleavey, J. , Xiao, L. , Thompson, J. , Kim, M. , Shields, J. , Shelton, S. , Irvin, D. , Brings, V. , Ollila, D. , Brekken, R. , Dayton, P. , Melero-Martin, J. and Dudley, A.
Vascular Channels Formed by Subpopulations of PECAM1+ Melanoma Cells. ,
Nat Commun
 5 , 5200 , 2014
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
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
Tumor
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

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.