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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
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

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
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
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
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, adult
Gualdoni, S. , Baron, M. , Lakowski, J. , Decembrini, S. , Pearson, R. , Ali, R. and Sowden, J.
Isolation and Culture of Adult Ciliary Epithelial Cells, Previously Identified as Retinal Stem Cells, and Retinal Progenitor Cells. ,
Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol
 Chapter 1 , Unit 1H.4 , 2011
Cells
Cilary epithelial
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
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
Eye
Human

Human

Menon, M. , Mohammadi, S. , Davila-Velderrain, J. , Goods, B. , Cadwell, T. , Xing, Y. , Stemmer-Rachamimov, A. , Shalek, A. , Love, J. , Kellis, M. and Hafler, B.
Single-cell Transcriptomic Atlas of the Human Retina Identifies Cell Types Associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration. ,
Nat Commun
 10 , 4902 , 2019
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : see reference
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Human
Human
Xu, N. , Chen, Y. , Dean, K. , Lu, X. , Liu, X. , Wang, W. , Dean, D. , Kaplan, H. , Gao, L. , Dong, F. and Liu, Y.
Sphere-Induced Rejuvenation of Swine and Human Muller Glia Is Primarily Caused by Telomere Elongation. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 1579-1591 , 2017
Cells
Muller glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 2-4 week
Liu, X. , Tang, L. and Liu Y.
Mouse Muller Cell Isolation and Culture. ,
Bio-protocol
 7 , 2017
Cells
Muller
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Feodorova, Y. , Koch, M. , Bultman, S. , Michalakis, S. and Solovei, I.
Quick and Reliable Method for Retina Dissociation and Separation of Rod Photoreceptor Perikarya from Adult Mice. ,
MethodsX
 2 , 39 , 2015
Cells
Retinal photoreceptor
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 day
Balmer, J. , Zulliger, R. , Roberti, S. and Enzmann, V.
Retinal Cell Death Caused by Sodium Iodate Involves Multiple Caspase-Dependent and Caspase-Independent Cell-Death Pathways. ,
Int J Mol Sci
 16 , 15086-103 , 2015
Cells
Photoreceptors
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 6 week
Singh, M. , Issa, P, Butler, R. , Martin, C. , Lipinski, D. , Sekaran, S. , Barnard, A. and Maclaren, R.
Reversal of End-Stage Retinal Degeneration and Restoration of Visual Bunction by Photoreceptor Transplantation. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 , 2013
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Gualdoni, S. , Baron, M. , Lakowski, J. , Decembrini, S. , Pearson, R. , Ali, R. and Sowden, J.
Isolation and Culture of Adult Ciliary Epithelial Cells, Previously Identified as Retinal Stem Cells, and Retinal Progenitor Cells. ,
Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol
 Chapter 1 , Unit 1H.4 , 2011
Cells
Cilary epithelial
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Porcine
Porcine, adult
Xu, N. , Chen, Y. , Dean, K. , Lu, X. , Liu, X. , Wang, W. , Dean, D. , Kaplan, H. , Gao, L. , Dong, F. and Liu, Y.
Sphere-Induced Rejuvenation of Swine and Human Muller Glia Is Primarily Caused by Telomere Elongation. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 1579-1591 , 2017
Cells
Muller glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Rat
Adult, female, 170-200 g
Mead, B. and Tomarev, S.
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Exosomes Promote Survival of Retinal Ganglion Cells Through miRNA-Dependent Mechanisms. ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 6 , 1273-1285 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD, 6-8 week
Vigneswara, V. , Esmaeili, M. , Deer, L. , Berry, M. , Logan, A. and Ahmed, Z.
Eye Drop Delivery of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor-34 Promotes Retinal Ganglion Cell Neuroprotection and Axon Regeneration. ,
Mol Cell Neurosci
 68 , 212-21 , 2015
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD
Tan, C. , Andrews, M. , Kwok, J. , Heintz, T. , Gumy, L. , Fassler, R. and Fawcett, J.
Kindlin-1 Enhances Axon Growth on Inhibitory Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans and Promotes Sensory Axon Regeneration. ,
J Neurosci
 32 , 7325 , 2012
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
Neurobasal
Eye
Rat
Rat, Fisher, adult
Suzuki, T. , Mandai, M. , Akimoto, M. , Yoshimura, N. and Takahashi, M.
The Simultaneous Treatment of MMP-2 Stimulants in Retinal Transplantation Enhances Grafted Cell Migration into the Host Retina. ,
Stem Cells
 24 , 2406 , 2006
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
MEM

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.