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Pancreas
Bovine
Bovine
Stiles, G. and Lefkowitz, R.
Hormone-Sensitive Adneylate Cyclase ,
J Biol Chem
 257 (11) , 6287 , 1982
Cells
Platelets
Medium
(see reference)
Pancreas
Canine
Canine
Zoran, M. , Doyle, R. and Haydon, P.
Target Contact Regulates the Calcium Responsiveness of the Secretory Machinery During Synaptogenesis ,
Neuron
 6 , 145 , 1991
Cells
Buccal ganglia; SLT muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
Pancreas
Human
Human
Watt, P. , Mullen, Y. , Benhamou, P. , Hober, C. , Nomura, Y. , Watanabe, Y. , Passaro, E. , Zinner, M. and Brunicardi, F.
Simplified Semiautomated Method For Isolating Islets From the Human Pancreas ,
Transplant Proc
 26 (2) , 582 , 1994
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Trypsin : Trypsin: 0.125-0.25%
Collagenase : 0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
Eurocollins solution
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, 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)
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
Reproductive
Human
Human, female, 27 years
Rifas, L. , Fant, J. , Makman, M. and Seifter, S.
The Characterization of Human Uterine Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture ,
Cell Tissue Res
 196 , 385 , 1979
Cells
Smooth muscle, uterine
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
EBSS
Reproductive
Insect
Drosophila, embryonic
Salmand, P. Iche-Torres, M. and Perrin, L.
Tissue-Specific Cell Sorting from Drosophila Embryos: Application to Gene Expression Analysis. , Fly (Austin) Vol. 5 , 261
Cells
Cardiac differentiating
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 20 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Schneider
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Lee, A, Rusch, J. , Lima, A. , Usmani, A. , Huang, N. , Lepamets, M. , Vigh-Conrad, K. , Worthington, R. and et al.
Rare Mutations in the Complement Regulatory Gene CSMD1 are Associated with Male and Female Infertility. ,
Nat Commun
 10 , 4626 , 2019
Cells
Testes
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Reproductive
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
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, male
Getun, I. , Torres, B. and Bois, P.
Flow Cytometry Purification of Mouse Meiotic Cells. ,
J Vis Exp
 50 , 2602 , 2011
Cells
Testis, meiotic
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 120 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Gey's BSS
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, male, 12-14-week-old
Lin, Q. , Sirotkin, A. and Skoultchi, A.
Normal Spermatogenesis in Mice Lacking the Testis-Specific Linker Histone H1t ,
Mol Cell Biol
 20 (6) , 2122 , 2000
Cells
Seminiferous tubules
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, female,6-8 weeks
Ghosh, D. , Danielson, K. , Alston, J. and Heyner, S.
Functional Differentiation of Mouse Uterine Epithelial Cells Grown on Collagen Gels or Reconstituted Basement Membranes ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 713 , 1991
Cells
Uterine
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
HBSS
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse (C57B/T), fetus, 16-17 days old
Thompson, T.C. , Southgate, J. , Kitchener, G. and Land, H.
Multistage Carcinogenesis Induced by ras and myc Oncogenes in a Reconstituted Organ ,
Cell
 56 , 917 , 1989
Cells
Prostate
Enzymes
Trypsin : 1.0%
Medium
HBSS/ DMEM
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, outbred, CD-1, 21-23 days old
Tomooka, Y. , DiAugustine, R. and McLachlan, J.
Proliferation of Mouse Uterine Epithelial Cells in Vitro ,
Endocrinology
 118 (3) , 1011 , 1986
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.5%
Medium
Medium 199
Reproductive
Mouse
Mouse, BALB/c
Bigsby, R. , Cooke, P. and Cunha, G.
A Simple Efficient Method For Separating Murine Uterine Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cells ,
Am J Physiol
 251 , E630 , 1986
Cells
Epithelial
Mesencymal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 1%
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.