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Eye
Rat
Rat, SD, pups
Sarthy PV, Curtis BM. and Catterall WA.
Retrograde Labeling, Enrichment, and Characerization of Retinal Ganglion Cells from the Neonatal Rat ,
J Neurosci
 3 (12) , 2532 , 1983
Cells
Retina
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Ham's F-12
Heart
Canine
Canine
Zhang,D. , Wu, C. , Qi, X. , Meijering, R. , Hoogstra-Berends, F. , Tadevosyan, A. and Cubukcuoglu, et al.
Activation of Histone Deacetylase-6 Induces Contractile Dysfunction Through Derailment of alpha-tubulin Proteostasis in Experimental and Human Atrial Fibrillation. ,
Circulation
 129 , 346-58 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine
Zhang, H. , Silva, J. , Lin, Y. , Verbsky, J. , Lee, U. , Kanter, E. , Yamada, K. , Schuessler, R. and Nichols, C.
Heterogeneity and Function of K(ATP) Channels in Canine Hearts. ,
Heart Rhythm
 10 , 1576-83 , 2013
Cells
Atrial and ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 0.05-0.08%
Medium
See reference
Heart
Canine
Canine, adult
Bonilla, I. , Sridhar, A. , Nishijima, Y. , Gyorke, S. , Cardounel, A. and Carnes, C.
Differential Effects of the Peroxynitrite Donor, SIN-1, on Atrial and Ventricular Myocyte Electrophysiology. ,
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
 61 , 401-7 , 2013
Cells
Atrial and ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
See reference
Heart
Canine
Canine
Xi, Y. , Wu, G. , Ai, T. , Cheng, N. , Kalisnik, J. , Sun, J. , Abbasi, S. , Yang, D. , Fan, C. , Yuan, X. and Wang, S. et al.
Ionic Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide on Canine Atrial Myocardium. ,
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
 6 , 976-83 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Protease : 0.03%
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine
Gan, T. , Qiao, W. , Xu, G. , Zhou, X. , Tang, B. , Song, J. , Li, Y. , Zhang, J. , Li, F. , Mao, T. and Jiang, T.
Aging-Associated Changes in L-type Calcium Channels in the Left Atria of Dogs. ,
Exp Ther Med
 6 , 919-924 , 2013
Cells
Atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine
Harleton, E. , Besana, A. , Comas, G. , Danilo, P. , Rosen, T. , Argenziano, M. , Rosen, M. , Robinson, R. and Feinmark, S.
Ability to Induce Atrial Fibrillation in the Peri-Operative Period is Associated with Phosphorylation-Dependent Inhibition of TWIK Protein-Related Acid-Sensitive Potassium Channel 1 (TASK-1). ,
J Biol Chem
 288 , 2829-38 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 60 u/ml
Protease XIV : 0.5 u/ml
Medium
See reference
Heart
Canine
Canine, adult
Calloe, K. , Nof, E. , Jespersen, T. , Di Diego, J. , Chlus, N. , Olesen, S.¸ Antzelevitch, C. and Cordeiro, J.
Comparison of the Effects of a Transient Outward Potassium Channel Activator on Currents Recorded from Atrial and Ventricular Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
 22 , 1057-66 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.01%
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Canine
Canine, 20-25 kg
Burashnikov, A. , Zygmunt, A. , Di Diego, J. , Linhardt, G. , Carlsson, L. and Antzelevitch, C.
AZD1305 Exerts Atrial Predominant Electrophysiological Actions and is Effective in Suppressing Atrial Fibrillation and Preventing its Reinduction in the Dog. ,
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
 56 , 80-90 , 2010
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine, adult
Gavi, S. , Yin, D. , Shumay, E. , Wang, H. and Malbon, C.
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Provokes Functional Antagonism and Internalization of Beta1-Adrenergic Receptors. ,
Endocrinology
 148 , 2653-62 , 2007
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Protease : 0.008%
Medium
M199
Heart
Canine
Canine
Schotten, U. , de Haan, S. , Verheule, S. , Harks, E. , Frechen, D. , Bodewig, E. , Greiser, M. , Ram, R. , Maessen, J. , Kelm, M. , Allessie, M. and Van Wagoner, D.
Blockade of Atrial-Specific K+-currents Increases Atrial but not Ventricular Contractility by Enhancing Reverse Mode Na+/Ca2+-Exchange. ,
Cardiovasc Res
 73 , 37-47 , 2007
Cells
Atrial and ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine
Baba, S. , Dun, W. , Hirose, M. and Boyden, P.
Sodium Current Function in Adult and Aged Canine Atrial Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 291 , H756-61 , 2006
Cells
Atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Canine
Canine, 20-30 kg
Sun, H. , Chartier, D. , Leblanc, N. and Nattel, S.
Intracellular Calcium Changes and Tachycardia-Induced Contractile Dysfunction in Canine Atrial Myocytes. ,
Cardiovasc Res
 49 , 751-61 , 2001
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 110 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Canine
Canine
Gintant, G.
Two Components of Delayed Rectifier Current in Canine Atrium and Ventricle. Does IKs Play a Role in the Reverse Rate Dependence of Class III Agents? ,
Circ Res
 78 , 26-37 , 1996
Cells
Ventricular and atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES/Tyrode's
Heart
Canine
Dog, mongrel, adult
Spanier, A. and Weglicki, W.
Ca2+-Tolerant Adult Canine Myocytes: Preparation and Response to Anoxia/Acidosis ,
Am J Physiol
 243 , H448 , 1982
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Joklik's MEM
Heart
Rat

Rat, 1-2 day

Yang, M. , Abudureyimu, M. , Wang, X. , Zhou, Y. , Zhang, Y. and Ren, J.
PHB2 ameliorates Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy through interaction with NDUFV2 and restoration of mitochondrial complex I function. , Redox Biol Vol. 65 , 102812 , 2023
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Zhang, Y. , Wang, Y. , Yanni, J. , Qureshi, M. , Logantha, S. , Kassab, S. , Boyett, M. , Gardiner, N. , Sun, H. , Howarth, F. and Dobrzynski, H.
Electrical Conduction System Remodeling in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus Rat Heart. ,
Front Physiol
 10 , 826 , 2019
Cells
Sinoatrial nodal
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 220 u/ml
Elastase : 1.4 u/ml
Protease : 0.45 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Savi, M. , Bocchi, L. , Mena, P. , Dall'Asta, M. , Crozier, A. , Brighenti, F. , Stilli, D. and Del Rio, D.
In vivo Administration of Urolithin A and B Prevents the Occurrence of Cardiac Dysfunction in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats. ,
Cardiovasc Diabetol
 16 , 80 , 2017
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.01%
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2 day
Abdul-Ghani, M. , Suen, C. , Jiang, B. , Deng, Y. , Weldrick, J. , Putinski, C. , Brunette, S. , Fernando, P. , Lee, T. , Flynn, P. , Leenen, F. , Burgon, P. Stewart, D. and Megeney, L.
Cardiotrophin 1 Stimulates Beneficial Myogenic and Vascular Remodeling of the Heart. ,
Cell Res
 27 , 1195-1215 , 2017
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 250 g
Stoppel, W. , Gao, A. , Greaney, A. , Partlow, B. , Bretherton, R. , Kaplan, D. and Black, L
Elastic, Silk-Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels Exhibit Time-Dependent Stiffening that Modulates Cardiac Fibroblast Response. ,
J Biomed Mater Res A
 104 , 3058 , 2016
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1-2 day
Xie, L. , Pi, X. , Townley-Tilson, WH. , Li, N. , Wehrens, X. , Entman, M. , Taffet, G. , Mishra, A. , Peng, J. , Schisler, J. , Meissner, G. and Patterson, C.
PHD2/3-dependent Hydroxylation Tunes Cardiac Response to β-adrenergic Stress via Phospholamban. ,
J Clin Invest
 125 , 2759-71 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 8-10 week
Lee, J. , Ha, J. and Leem, C.
A Novel Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Correction Method for Mitochondrial Ca(2+) Measurement with FURA-2-FF in Single Permeabilized Ventricular Myocytes of Rat. ,
Korean J Physiol Pharmacol
 19 , 373-82 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.08%
Pronase : 0.004%
Medium
Tyrode's Solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Song, D. , Lee, K. , Ryu, J. , Jeon, H. and Kim, D.
The Molecular Interaction of Heart LIM Protein (HLP) with RyR2 and Caveolin-3 is Essential for Ca(2+)-Induced Ca(2+) Release in the Heart. ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 463 , 975-81 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 250-350g
Calderon-Sachez, E. , Domi­nguez-Rodriguez, A. , Lopez-Haldon, J. , Jimenez-Navarro, M. , Gomez, A. , Smani, T. and Ordonez, A.
Cardioprotective Effect of Ranolazine in the Process of Ischemia-reperfusion in Adult Rat Cardiomyocytes. ,
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 251 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2-3 day
Fang, R, Qiao, S. , Liu, Y. , Meng, Q. , Chen, X. , Song, B. , Hou, X. and Tian, W.
Sustained Co-Delivery of BIO and IGF-1 by a Novel Hybrid Hydrogel System to Stimulate Endogenous Cardiac Repair in Myocardial Infarcted Rat Hearts. ,
Int J Nanomedicine
 10 , 4691-703 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD
Horne, T. , VandeKopple, M. , Sauls, K. , Koenig, S. , Anstine, L. , Garg, V. , Norris, R. and Lincoln, J.
Dynamic Heterogeneity of the Heart Valve Interstitial Cell Population in Mitral Valve Health and Disease ,
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis
 2 , 214 , 2015
Cells
Valve interstitial cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 600 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1 day
Clark, A. and Naya, F.
MicroRNAs in the Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 (MEF2)-regulated Gtl2-Dio3 Noncoding RNA Locus Promote Cardiomyocyte Proliferation by Targeting the Transcriptional Coactivator Cited2. ,
J Biol Chem
 290 , 23162-72 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 200g
Miller, L. , Greensmith, D. , Sankaranarayanan, R. , O'Neill, S. and Eisner D.
The Effect of 2,5-di-(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) on Intracellular Ca2+ Handling in Rat Ventricular Myocytes. ,
Cell Calcium
 58 , 208-14 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 95 u/ml
Protease : 0.1 u/ml
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 3-4 month
Liu, L. , Wang, Y. , Cao, Z. , Wang, M. , Liu, X. , Gao, T. , Hu, Q. , Yuan, W. and Lin, L.
Up-regulated TLR4 in Cardiomyocytes Exacerbates Heart Failure after Long-Term Myocardial Infarction. ,
J Cell Mol Med
 19 , 2728 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Zhang, B. , Montgomery, M. , Davenport-Huyer, L. , Korolj, A. and Radisic, M.
Platform Technology for Scalable Assembly of Instantaneously Functional Mosaic Tissues. ,
Sci. Adv.
 1 , e1500423 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Collagenase Type 2 : 220 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Rutering, J. , Ilmer, M. , Recio, A. , Coleman, M. , Vykoukal, J. and Alt, E.
Improved Method for Isolation of Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes with Increased Yield of C-Kit+ Cardiac Progenitor Cells. ,
J Stem Cell Res Ther
 5 , 1-8 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Sakurai, T. , Lanahan, A. , Woolls, M. , Li, N. , Tirziu, D. and Murakami, M.
Live Cell Imaging of Primary Rat Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Following Adenoviral and Lentiviral Transduction using Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e51666 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult, 300-370 g
Chouchani, E. , Pell, V. , Gaude, E. , Aksentijevic, D. , Sundier, S. , Robb, E. , Logan, A. , Nadtochiy, S. , Ord, E. , Smith, A. , Eyassu, F. , Shirley, R. , Hu, C. , Dare, A. , James, A. and Rogatti, S.
Ischaemic Accumulation of Succinate Controls Reperfusion Injury Through Mitochondrial ROS. ,
Nature
 515 , 431-435 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
KH buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat
Hennessey, J. , Wei, E. and Pitt, G.
Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors Modulate Cardiac Calcium Channels. ,
Circ Res
 113 , 381-8 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 175-200g
Eckerle, L. , Felix, S. and Herda, L.
Measurement of Antibody Effects on Cellular Function of Isolated Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Vis Exp
 73 , e4237 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Medium
see reference
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Zhang, B. , Green, J. , Murthy, S. and Radisic, M.
Label-Free Enrichment of Functional Cardiomyocytes using Microfluidic Deterministic Lateral Flow Displacement. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e37619 , 2012
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Collagenase Type 2 : 220 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.