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Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male
Weller, N. and Karnovksy, M.
Isolation of Pulmonary Alveolar Type I Cells From Adult Rats ,
Am J Pathol
 124 , 448 , 1986
Cells
Alveolar type I
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Rat
Rat, fetus, 19 day
Post, M. , Torday, J. and Smith, B.
Alveolar Type II Cells Isolated from Fetal Rat Lung Organotypic Cultures Synthesize and Secrete Surfactant-Associated Phospholipids and Respond to Fibroblast-Pneumonocyte Factor ,
Exp Lung Res
 7 , 53 , 1984
Cells
Fibroblasts & type II
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS: serum free MEM, CMF
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male/female, 180-250 g
Mason, R. , Williams, M. , Greenleaf, R. and Clements, J.
Isolation and Properties of Type II Alveolar Cells from Rat Lung ,
Am Rev Respir Dis
 115 , 1015 , 1977
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.30%
Medium
BSS
Lung
Rat
Rat, Wistar, pathogen free
King, R.
Metabolic Fate of the Apoproteins of Pulmonary Surfactant ,
Am Rev Respir Dis
 115 , 73 , 1977
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.50%
Medium
Earle's MEM
Lung
Rat
Rat, fetus, 19 days
Douglas, W. and Teel, R.
An Organotypic in Vitro Model System for Studying Pulmonary Surfactant Production by Type II Alveolar Pneumonocytes ,
Am Rev Respir Dis
 113 , 17 , 1976
Cells
Alveolar pneumonocytes, type II
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1 %
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Lung
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 100 g
Kikkawa, Y. and Yoneda, K.
Type II Epithelial Cell of the Lung. I. Method of Isolation ,
Lab Invest
 30 , 76 , 1974
Cells
Alveolar type II
Enzymes
Trypsin : 1.0%
Medium
Joklik's medium
Mammary
Mouse
Mouse, 10 week
Cheng, N. and Lambert, D.
Mammary Transplantation of Stromal Cells and Carcinoma Cells in C57BL/6J Mice. ,
J Vis Exp
 54 , e2716 , 2011
Cells
Fibroblasts, carcinoma
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Hyaluronidase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Mammary
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
Mammary
Mouse
Mouse, BALB/c, virgin, female, 4 month
Beck, J. , Hosick, H. and Watkins, B.
Growth of Epithelium From a Preneoplastic Mammary Outgrowth on Response to Mammary Adipose Tissue ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 25 (5) , 409 , 1989
Cells
Adipocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 50 µg/ml
Medium
DMEM
Miscellaneous
Human
Human
Ozdener, H. , Spielman, A. and Rawson, N.
Isolation and Culture of Human Fungiform Taste Papillae Cells ,
J Vis Exp
 63 , e3730 , 2012
Cells
Fungiform taste papillae
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Miscellaneous
Human
Human
Nakamura, T. , Endo, K. and Kinoshita, S.
Identification of Human Oral Keratinocyte Stem/Progenitor Cells by Neurotrophin Receptor p75 and the Role of Neurotrophin/p75 Signaling. ,
Stem Cells
 25 , 628-38 , 2007
Cells
Oral epithelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 1.2 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
PBS
Miscellaneous
Human
Human
Patino WillmarD, Kang Ju-Gyeong, Matoba Satoaki, Mian OmarY, Gochuico BernadetteR, Hwang PaulM.
Atherosclerotic plaque macrophage transcriptional regulators are expressed in blood and modulated by tristetraprolin ,
Circ Res
 98 , 1282-9 , 2006
Cells
Carotid artery plaque macrophage
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Miscellaneous
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
Miscellaneous
Human
Human
Lanas. A. , Nerin, J. , Esteva, F. and Sainz, R.
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Prostaglandin Effects on Pepsinogen Secretion by Dispersed Human Peptic Cells. ,
Gut
 36 , 657-63 , 1995
Cells
Peptic cells
Enzymes
Medium
Ringer solution
Miscellaneous
Invertebrate

Octopus vulgaris

Maselli, V. , Xu, F. , Syed, N. , Polese, G. and Cosmo, A.
A Novel Approach to Primary Cell Culture for Octopus vulgaris Neurons. ,
Front Physiol
 9 , 220 , 2018
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
L15-ASW
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
He, M. , Wu, B. , Ye, W. , Le, D. , Sinclair, A. , Padovano, V. , Chen, Y. , Li, K. , Sit, R. , Tan, M. , Caplan, M. , Neff, N. , Jan, Y. , Darmanis, S. and Jan, L.
Chloride Channels Regulate Differentiation and Barrier Functions of the Mammalian Airway. ,
Elife
 9 , 53085 , 2020
Cells
Trachea
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse
Kim, Y. , Wang, S. , Tymanskyj, S. , Ma, L. , Tao, H. and Zhang, L.
Dcc Mediates Functional Assembly of Peripheral Auditory Circuits. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 23799 , 2016
Cells
Cochlear
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse
Jan, T. , Chai, R. , Sayyid, Z. and Cheng, A.
Isolating LacZ-Expressing Cells from Mouse Inner Ear Tissues Using Flow Cytometry. ,
J Vis Exp
 58 , e3432 , 2011
Cells
Cochleaer
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Miscellaneous
Mouse
Mouse, 25-30 g
Minamoto Kanji, Pinsky DavidJ.
Recipient iNOS but not eNOS deficiency reduces luminal narrowing in tracheal allografts ,
J Exp Med
 196 , 1321-33 , 2002
Cells
Tracheal inflammatory cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Miscellaneous
Porcine
Porcine, 6 month
Kean, T. and Dennis, J.
Synoviocyte Derived-Extracellular Matrix Enhances Human Articular Chondrocyte Proliferation and Maintains Re-Differentiation Capacity at Both Low and Atmospheric Oxygen Tensions. ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , e0129961 , 2015
Cells
Synoviocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 660 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase Type 2 : 583 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
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
Muscle
Bovine
Bovine
Absher, M. , Woodcock-Mitchell, J. , Mitchell, J. , Baldor, L. , Low, R. and Warshaw, D.
Characterization of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Long-Term Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 25 (2) , 183 , 1989
Cells
Smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Bovine
Bovine
Davies, P. and Kerr, C.
Modification of LDL Metabolism by Growth Factors in Cultured Vascular Cells and Human Skin Fibroblasts ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 712 , 26 , 1982
Cells
Smooth muscle, fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.055%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Chicken
Chick
Chamley-Campbell, J. , Campbell, G. and Ross, R.
The Smooth Muscle in Cell Culture ,
Physiol Res
 59 , 1 , 1979
Cells
Smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05% - 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, white leghorn, 12 day
Bullaro, J. and Brookman, D.
Comparison of Skeletal Muscle Monolayer Cultures Initiated With Cells Dissociated by the Vortex and Trypsin Methods ,
In Vitro
 12 , 564 , 1976
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Puck's saline A
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, white leghorn, embryos, 11 day
Tepperman, K. , Morris, G. , Essien, F. and Heywood, S.M.
A Mechanical Dissociation Method For Preparation of Muscle Cell Cultures ,
J Cell Physiol
 86 , 561 , 1975
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Saline G
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, embryonic
Hilfer, S.
Collagenase Treatment of Chick Heart and Thyroid , Tissue Cult Methods & Applications , Kruse, P., and Patterson, M. , 246 , 1971
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
CMF HBSS
Muscle
Chicken
Chick embryonic
Rinaldini, L.
An Improved Method for the Isolation and Quantitative Cultivation of Embryonic Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 16 , 477 , 1959
Cells
Various tissues (heart, liver, skeletal, cardiac)
Enzymes
Trypsin : various grades
Medium
CMF Tyrode's solution
Muscle
Frog
Frog
Shepherd, N. and Kavaler, F.
Direct Control of Contraction Force of Single Frog Atrial Cells by Extracellular Ions ,
Am J Physiol
 251 , C653 , 1986
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
CF Ringer
Muscle
Frog
Frog, Xenopus laevis
Anderson, M.J. , Cohen, M.W. and Zorychta, E.
Effects of Innervation on the Distribution of Acetylcholine Receptors on Cultured Muscle Cells ,
J Physiol
 268 , 731 , 1977
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.5%
Medium
L15 medium
(see reference)
Muscle
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig
(also rat, rabbit)
Hu, S. and Kim, H.
Activation of K+ Channel in Vascular Smooth Muscle by Cytochrome P-450 Metabolites of Arachidonic Acid ,
FASEB J
 6 , A383 , 1992
Cells
Smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Potassium buffer solution
Muscle
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig, prepubertal
Ross, R.
The Smooth Muscle Cell . II. Growth of Smooth Muscle in Culture and Formation of Elastic Fibers ,
J Cell Biol
 50 , 172 , 1971
Cells
Smooth muscle
Aortic
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Dulbecco-Vogt modification of Eagle's
Muscle
Hamster
Hamster, male, 60-70 day
Nakamura, T. , Iwata, Y. , Sampaolesi, M. , Hanada, H. , Saito, N. , Artman, M. , Coetzee, W. and Shigekawa, M.
Stretch-Activated Cation Channels in Skeletal Muscle Myotubes From Sarcoglycan-Deficient Hamsters ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 281 , C690 , 2001
Cells
Satellite
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Human
Human
Garcia, S. , Tamaki, S. , Lee, S. , Wong, A. , Jose, A. , Dreux, J. , Kouklis, G. , Sbitany, H. , Seth, R. , Knott, P. , Heaton, C. , Ryan, W. , Kim, E. , Hansen, S. , Hoffman, W. and Pomerantz, J.
High-Yield Purification, Preservation, and Serial Transplantation of Human Satellite Cells. ,
Stem Cell Reports
 10 , 1160-1174 , 2018
Cells
Muscle satellite
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Human
Human, fetal
(also bovine)
Davies, P. and Kerr, C.
Modification of LDL Metabolism by Growth Factors in Cultured Vascular Cells and Human Skin Fibroblasts ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 712 , 26 , 1982
Cells
Smooth muscle, fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.055%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Human
Human
Eskin, S. , Sybers, H. , Lester, J. , Navarro, L. , Gotto, A. and DeBakey, M.
Human Smooth Muscle Cells Cultured From Atherosclerotic Plaques and Uninvolved Vessel Wall ,
In Vitro
 17 (8) , 713 , 1981
Cells
Smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
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.