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Pancreas
Rat
Rat
Blinman TA, Gukovsky I, Mouria M, Zaninovic V, Livingston E, Pandol SJ, Gukovskaya AS.
Activation of pancreatic acinar cells on isolation from tissue: cytokine upregulation via p38 MAP kinase ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 279 , C1993-2003 , 2000
Cells
Pancreatic acini
Enzymes
CLSPA : 30 u/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 30 u/ml
Medium
M199
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 100 - 150 g
Yeh, C. , Mertz, P. , Oliver, C. , Baum, B. and Kousvelari, E.
Cellular Characteristics of Long-Term Cultured Rat Parotid Acinar Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 707 , 1991
Cells
Parotid acinar
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.001%
Medium
F12 medium
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male
Foskett, J. , Roifman, C. and Wong, D.
Activation of Calcium Oscillations by Thapsigargin in Parotid Acinar Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 266 , 2778 , 1991
Cells
Parotid acinar
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
Solution B
(See reference)
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 150 - 200 g
Menozzi, D. , Sato, S. , Jensen, R. and Gardner, J.
Cyclic GMP Does Not Inhibit Protein Kinase C-Mediated Enzyme Secretion in Rat Pancreatic Acini ,
J Biol Chem
 264 , 995 , 1989
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, Fischer-344, either sex, 120-150 g
Tsao, M. and Duguid, W.
Establishment of Propagable Epithelial Cell Lines From Normal Adult Rat Pancreas ,
Exp Cell Res
 168 , 365 , 1987
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Ham's F-12/HBSS
(see reference)
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 50 - 125 g
Oliver, C. , Waters, J. , Tolbert, C. and Kleinman, H.
Growth of Exocrine Acinar Cells on a Reconstituted Basement Membrane Gel ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 23 , 465 , 1987
Cells
Acinar
Exorbital lacrimal, parotid, pancreas
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, SD, 125 - 350 g
Githens, S. , Holmquist, D. , Whelan, J. and Ruby, J.
Ducts of the Rat Pancreas in Agarose Matrix Culture ,
In Vitro
 16 , 797 , 1980
Cells
Duct
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, SD, albino, male, 150-200 g
Mangos, J. , McSherry, N. , Butcher, F. , Irwin, K. and Barber, T.
Dispersed Rat Parotid Acinar Cells (Morphological, Functional Character) ,
Am J Physiol
 229 (3) , 560 , 1975
Cells
Acinar, parotid
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Collagenase : 40-50 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS CMF
Pancreas
Rat
Rat, neonate
Leonard, R. , Lazarow, A. and Hegre, O.
Pancreatic Islet Transplantation in the Rat ,
Diabetes
 22 , 413 , 1973
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Puck's saline buffered w/ EDTA 0.02%
Pancreas
Rat
Rat
Essner, E.
Experiments on an Ascites Hepatoma. I. Enzymatic Digestion and Alkaline Degradation of the Cementing Substance and Separation of Cells, in Tumor Islands ,
Exp Cell Res
 7 , 430 , 1954
Cells
Ascites hepatoma
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Phosphate buffer (see reference)
Parotid
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 100-150 g
Yeh, C. , Mertz, P. , Oliver, C. , Baum, B. and Kousvelari, E.
Cellular Characteristics of Long-Term Cultured Rat Parotid Acinar Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 707 , 1991
Cells
Parotid acinar
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.001%
Medium
F12 medium
Parotid
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male
Foskett, J. , Roifman, C. and Wong, D.
Activation of Calcium Oscillations by Thapsigargin in Parotid Acinar Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 266 , 2778 , 1991
Cells
Parotid acinar
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
Solution B
(See reference)
Parotid
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 50 - 125 g
Oliver, C. , Waters, J. , Tolbert, C. and Kleinman, H.
Growth of Exocrine Acinar Cells on a Reconstituted Basement Membrane Gel ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 23 , 465 , 1987
Cells
Acinar
Exorbital lacrimal, parotid, pancreas
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Parotid
Rat
Rat, SD, albino, male, 150-200 g
Mangos, J. , McSherry, N. , Butcher, F. , Irwin, K. and Barber, T.
Dispersed Rat Parotid Acinar Cells (Morphological, Functional Character) ,
Am J Physiol
 229 (3) , 560 , 1975
Cells
Acinar, parotid
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Collagenase : 40-50 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS CMF
Pituitary
Mouse
Mouse
Pyczek, J. , Buslei, R. , Schult, D. , Holsken, A. , Buchfelder, M. , Hess, I. , Hahn, H. and Uhmann, A.
Hedgehog Signaling Activation Induces Stem Cell Proliferation and Hormone Release in the Adult Pituitary Gland. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 24928 , 2016
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Mouse
Mouse, male
Steveson Tami C, Ciccotosto Giuseppe D, Ma Xin-Ming, Mueller Gregory P, Mains Richard E, Eipper Betty A.
Menkes protein contributes to the function of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase ,
Endocrinology
 144 , 188-200 , 2003
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.4%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.3%
Medium
DMEM/Han's F12
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 2 month old
Zhou, X. , De Schepper, J. , De Craemer, D. , Delhase, M. , Gys, G. , Smitz, J. and Hooghe-Peters, E.
Pituitary Growth Hormone Release and Gene Expression in Cafeteria-Diet-Induced Obese Rats ,
J Endocrinol
 159 , 165 , 1998
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 200 - 250 g
D'Emden, M. and Wark, J.
Culture Requirements for Optimal Expression of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-Enhanced Thyrotropin Secretion ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 197 , 1991
Cells
Anterior pituitary gland
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
EBSS, CMF
Pituitary
Rat
Rat
Wilfinger, W. , Larsen, W. , Downs, T. and Wilbur, D.
An In Vitro Model for Studies of Intercellular Communication in Cultured Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells ,
Tissue Cell
 16 (4) , 483 , 1984
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.3 %
Medium
HEPES
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-450 g
Portanova, R. , Smith, D. and Sayers, G.
A Trypsin for the Preparation of Isolated Rat Anterior Pituitary ,
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
 133 , 573 , 1970
Cells
Anterior pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Krebs
Prostate
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
Reproductive
Canine
Canine
Park, S. , Seo, M. , Kim, H. and Kang, K.
Isolation and Characterization of Canine Amniotic Membrane-Derived Multipotent Stem Cells. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e44693 , 2012
Cells
Amniotic membrane MSC
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
LG-DMEM
Reproductive
Chicken

Chicken, male, 1 day

Huang, H. , Wang, M. , Hou, L. , Lin, X. , Pan, S. , Zheng, P. and Zhao, Q.
A Potential Mechanism Associated with Lead-induced Spermatogonia and Leydig Cell Toxicity and Mitigative Effect of Selenium in Chicken. , Ecotoxicol Environ Saf Vol. 209 , 111671 , 2021
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Reproductive
Chicken
Chicken, Gallus Domesticus,20-30 week
Du Meihong, Han Haitang, Jiang Bin, Zhao Chen, Qian Changsong, Shen Haiyan, Xu Yan, Li Zandong.
An efficient isolation method for domestic hen (Gallus domesticus) ovarian primary follicles ,
J Reprod Dev
 52 , 569-76 , 2006
Cells
Primary follicles
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.15%
Medium
Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline
Reproductive
Hamster
Hamster, Chinese
Wallis, R. and Drickamer, K.
Molecular Determinants of Oligomer Formation and Complement Fixation in Mannose-Binding Proteins ,
J Biol Chem
 274 (6) , 3580 , 1999
Cells
Ovary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 5%
Medium
Dialyzed fetal calf serum, 10% and 0.5M Methotrexate
Reproductive
Human
Human
Spessotto, P. , Bulla, R. , Danussi, C. , Radillo, O. , Cervi, M. , Monami, G. , Bossi, F. , Tedesco, F. , Doliana, R. and Colombatti, A.
EMILIN1 Represents a Major Stromal Element Determining Human Trophoblast Invasion of the Uterine Wall. ,
J Cell Sci
 119 , 4574 , 2006
Cells
Extravillanous trophoblasts and decidual stromal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1-0.25%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.02-0.05%
Medium
HBSS RPMI
Reproductive
Human
Human
Teng Yan, Xue Wu-jun, Ding Xiao-ming, Feng Xin-shun, Xiang He-li, Jiang Ya-zhuo, Tian Pu-xun.
Isolation and culture of adult Sertoli cells and their effects on the function of co-cultured allogeneic islets in vitro ,
Chin Med J (Engl)
 118 , 1857-62 , 2005
Cells
Sertoli cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Reproductive
Human
Human
Wang Xin, Athayde Neil, Trudinger Brian.
Microvascular endothelial cell activation is present in the umbilical placental microcirculation in fetal placental vascular disease ,
Am J Obstet Gynecol
 190 , 596-601 , 2004
Cells
Endothelial placental
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Reproductive
Human
Human
Sun Kang, Myatt Leslie.
Enhancement of glucocorticoid-induced 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 expression by proinflammatory cytokines in cultured human amnion fibroblasts ,
Endocrinology
 144 , 5568-77 , 2003
Cells
Amnion epithelial and fibroblast
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
PBS
Reproductive
Human
Human
Yusuf RZ, Naeem R.
Cytogenetic studies of spontaneous miscarriages: a seven year study to compare significance of primary vs. secondary culture methods for assessment of fetal karyotype yield and maternal cell contamination ,
Early Pregnancy
 5 , 121-31 , 2001
Cells
Chorionic villi
Enzymes
Trypsin : see reference
Collagenase Type 3 : 100 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Reproductive
Human
Human, female, 20-40 year
Gargett CE, Bucak K, Rogers PA.
Isolation, characterization and long-term culture of human myometrial microvascular endothelial cells ,
Hum Reprod
 15 , 293-301 , 2000
Cells
Microvascular endothelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Reproductive
Human
Human
Branchaud, C.L. , Goodyer, C.G. , Guyda, H.J. and Lefebvre, Y.
A Serum-Free System for Culturing Human Placental Trophoblasts ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 865 , 1990
Cells
Trophoblasts, placental
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
EBSS, CMF
Reproductive
Human
Human
Jie, Z. , Fey, S. , Hager, H. , Hollsberg, P. , Ebbesen, P. and Larsen, P.
Markers For Human Placental Trophoblasts in Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 937 , 1990
Cells
Trophoblasts, placental
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
PBS
Reproductive
Human
Human
Morrish, D. and Siy, O.
Critical Factors in Establishing Monolayer Cultures of Normal Human Placental Cells in Serum-Free Medium ,
Endocr Res
 12 (3) , 229 , 1986
Cells
Placental
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Reproductive
Human
Human, female, 27-49 years
Auersperg, N. , Siemens, C.H. and Myrdal, S.E.
Human Ovarian Surface Epithelium In Primary Culture ,
In Vitro
 20 , 743 , 1984
Cells
Epithelial
Ovary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Reproductive
Human
Human, infant and neonate
Lechner, J. , Babcock, M. , Marnell, M. , Narayan, K. and Kaighn, M.
Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Cell Cultures ,
Methods Cell Biol
 21 , 195 , 1980
Cells
Epithelial
Prostate
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS

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.