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Stem
Human
Human
Covas DT, Siufi JL C, Silva AR L, Orellana MD.
Isolation and culture of umbilical vein mesenchymal stem cells ,
Braz J Med Biol Res
 36 , 1179-83 , 2003
Cells
Umbilical vein mesenchymal stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Stem
Human
Human, adult, male
Papini S, Cecchetti D, Campani D, Fitzgerald W, Grivel J, Chen S, Margolis L, Revoltella R.
Isolation and Clonal Analysis of Human Epidermal Keratinocyte Stem Cells in Long-term Culture ,
Stem Cells
 21 , 481 , 2003
Cells
Human epidermal keratinocyte stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human, 7-8 yr
Miura, M. , Gronthos, S, Zhao, M, Lu, B, Fisher, L, Robey, P. and Shi, S.
SHED: Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 100 , 5807 , 2003
Cells
Stem cells Human exfoliated deciduous teeth
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Stem
Human
Human, fetal
Malhi, H. , Irani, A. , Gagandeep, S. and Gupta, S.
Isolation of Human Progenitor Liver Epithelial Cells with Extensive Replication Capacity and Differentiation into Mature Hepatocytes. ,
J Cell Sci
 115 , 2679 , 2002
Cells
Epithelial progenitor
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.03%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human
Zuk, P. , Zhu, M. , Ashjian, P. , De Ugarte, D. , Huang, J. , Mizuno, H. , Alfonso, Z. , Fraser, J. , Benhaim, P. and Hedrick, M.
Human adipose tissue is a source of multipotent stem cells ,
Mol Biol Cell
 13 , 4279-95 , 2002
Cells
Processed lipoaspirate cells
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Stem
Human
Human
Zhang, S. , Wernig, M. , Duncan, I. , Brustle, O. and Thomson, J.
In Vitro Differentiation of Transplantable Neural Precursors from Human Embryonic Stem Cells ,
Nat Biotechnol
 19 , 1129 , 2001
Cells
Stem, embryonic
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.01% - 0.02%
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human, adult
Kambe, N, Kambe, M, Kochan, J. and Schwartz ,L.
Human Skin-derived Mast Cells Can Proliferate While Retaining Their Characteristic Functional and Protease Phenotypes ,
Blood
 97 , 2045 , 2001
Cells
Human skin mast cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Human
Human
Uchida, N. , Buck, D. , He, D. , Reitsma, M. , Masek, M. , Phan, T. , Tsukamoto, A. , Gage, F. and Weissman, I.
Direct Isolation of Human Central Nervous System Stem Cells. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 97 , 14720 , 2000
Cells
Central nervous system stem
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Stem
Human
Human
Thomson JA, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Shapiro SS, Waknitz MA, Swiergiel JJ, Marshall VS, Jones JM.
Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts ,
Science
 282 , 1145-7 , 1998
Cells
Embryonic stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Stem
Human
Human
Alessandri Giulio, Pagano Stefano, Bez Alessandra, Benetti Anna, Pozzi Stefano, Iannolo Gioacchin, Baronio Manuela, Invernici Gloria, Caruso Arnaldo, Muneretto Claudio, Bisleri Gianluigi, Parati Eugenio.
Isolation and culture of human muscle-derived stem cells able to differentiate into myogenic and neurogenic cell lineages ,
Lancet
 364 , 1872-83
Cells
Muscle-derived stem cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Thymus
Human
Human
Vandenabeele S, Hochrein H, Mavaddat N, Winkel K, Shortman K.
Human thymus contains 2 distinct dendritic cell populations ,
Blood
 97 , 1733-41 , 2001
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Human

Human

Yi, S. , Kim, H. , Koo, B. , Lee, S. , Choi, J. and Kang, Y.
Efficient Dissociation Protocol for Generation of Single Cell Suspension from Human Thyroid Tissue for Single Cell RNA Sequencing. , Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) Vol. 37 , 698-700 , 2022
Cells
Thyroid normal and tumor
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Collagenase Type 4 : 300 u/ml
Medium
RPMI-1640
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Human
Human
Patel, V. , Logan, A. , Watkinson, J. , Uz-Zaman, S. , Sheppard, M. , Ramsden, J. and Eggo, M.
Isolation and Characterization of Human Thyroid Endothelial Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab
 284 , E168 , 2003
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Human
Human
Gianoukakis, A. , Cao, H. , Jennings, T. and Smith, T.
Prostaglandin Endoperoxide H Synthase Expression in Human Thyroid Epithelial Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 280 , C701 , 2001
Cells
Thyrocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 130 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.5 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Human
Human
Howie, A. , Walker, S. , Akesson, B. , Arthur, J. and Beckett, G.
Thyroidal Extracellular Glutathione Peroxidase: A Potential Regulator of Thyroid-Hormone Synthesis. ,
Biochem J
 308 ( Pt 3) , 713 , 1995
Cells
Thyrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
EBSS
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Human
Human
Miller, R. , Hiraoka, T. , Nakamura, N. , Tenou, H. , Kopecky, K. , Jones, M. and Gould, M.
In Vitro Culture of Human Thyroid Cells; Methods and Application to Radiation Biology. ,
J Radiat Res
 26 , 269 , 1985
Cells
Thyroid
Enzymes
Collagenase : 300 u/ml
Medium
Ham's F-12/MEM
Tonsil
Human
Human
Muto, M. , Manfroi, B. , Suzuki, H. , Joh, K. , Nagai, M. , Wakai, S. and Righini, C. et al.
Toll-Like Receptor 9 Stimulation Induces Aberrant Expression of a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand by Tonsillar Germinal Center B Cells in IgA Nephropathy. ,
J Am Soc Nephrol
 28 , 1227-1238 , 2017
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Tonsil
Human
Human
Schmidt, S. , Schenkova, K. , Adam, T. , Erikson, E. , Lehmann-Koch, J. , Sertel, S. , Verhasselt, B. , Fackler, O. , Lasitschka, F. and Keppler, O.
SAMHD1's Protein Expression Profile in Humans. ,
J Leukoc Biol
 98 , 5-14 , 2015
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Tonsil
Human
Human
Sato, D. , Suzuki, Y. , Kano, T. , Suzuki, H. , Matsuoka, J. , Yokoi, H. , Horikoshi, S. , Ikeda, K. and Tomino, Y.
Tonsillar TLR9 Expression and Efficacy of Tonsillectomy with Steroid Pulse Therapy in IgA Nephropathy Patients. ,
Nephrol Dial Transplant
 27 , 1090-7 , 2012
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
Bambanker
Tonsil
Human
Human, female, 25-45 year
Grammer Amrie C, Slota Rebecca, Fischer Randy, Gur Hanan, Girschick Hermann, Yarboro Cheryl, Illei Gabor G, Lipsky PeterE.
Abnormal germinal center reactions in systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrated by blockade of CD154-CD40 interactions ,
J Clin Invest
 112 , 1506-20 , 2003
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tonsil
Human
Human
Grammer AC, McFarland RD, Heaney J, Darnell BF, Lipsky PE.
Expression, regulation, and function of B cell-expressed CD154 in germinal centers ,
J Immunol
 163 , 4150-9 , 1999
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Human

Human

Song, H. , Weinstein, H. , Allegakoen, P. , Wadsworth, M. , Xie, J. , Yang, H. , Castro, E. , Lu, K. , Stohr, B. , Feng, F. , Carroll, P. , Wang, B. , Cooperberg, M. , Shalek, A. and Huang, F.
Single-cell Analysis of Human Primary Prostate Cancer Reveals the Heterogeneity of Tumor-associated Epithelial Cell States. ,
Nat Commun
 13 , 141 , 2022
Cells
Prostate cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Human
Human
Jeske, S. , Schuler, P. , Doescher, J. , Theodoraki, M. , Laban, S. , Brunner, C. , Hoffman, T. and Wigand, M.
Age-related changes in T lymphocytes of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ,
Immun Ageing
 17 , 3 , 2020
Cells
Tumor infiltrating lympocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 200 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Human
Human
Ayuso, J. , Vitek, R. , Swick, A. , Skala, M. , Wisinski, K. , Kimple, R. , Lambert, P. and Beebe, D.
Effects of Culture Method on Response to EGFR Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells ,
Sci Rep
 9 , 12480 , 2019
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
FM Fibroblast media
Tumor
Human
Human
Phan, N. , Hong, J. , Tofig, B. , Mapua, M. , Elashoff, D. , Moatamed, N. , Huang, J. , Memarzadeh, S. , Damoiseaux, R. and Soragni, A.
A Simple High-Throughput Approach Identifies Actionable Drug Sensitivities in Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids. ,
Commun Biol
 2 , 78 , 2019
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Neal, J,, Li ,X. , Zhu, J. , Giangarra, V. , Grzeskowiak, C. , Ju, J. , Liu, I. Chiou, S. , Salahudeen, A. and Smith, A. et al
Organoid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment. ,
Cell
 175 , 1972 , 2018
Cells
Organoids
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200-300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Human
Jiang, C. , Zhang, Q. , Shanti, R. , Shi, S. , Chang, T. , Carrasco, L. , Alawi, F. and Le, A.
Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Interleukin-6 Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Acquisition of Epithelial Stem-Like Cell Properties in Ameloblastoma Epithelial Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 2083-2094 , 2017
Cells
Ameloblastoma epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Neutral Protease : 50 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Tumor
Human
Human, 25-81 yr
Volovitz, I, Shapira, N. , Ezer, H. , Gafni, A. , Lustgarten, M. , Alter, T. , Ben-Horin, I. , Barzilai, O. , Shahar, T. , Kanner, A. , Fried, I. , Veshchev, I. , Grossman, R. and Ram, Z,
A Non-Aggressive, Highly Efficient, Enzymatic Method for Dissociation of Human Brain-Tumors and Brain-Tissues to Viable Single-Cells. ,
BMC Neurosci
 17 , 30 , 2016
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.11 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Pham, K. , Delitto, D. , Knowlton, A. , Hartlage, E. , Madhavan, R. , Gonzalo, D. , Thomas, R. , Behrns, K. , George, T. , Hughes, S. , Wallet, S. , Liu, C. and Trevino, J.
Isolation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells from a Patient-Derived Xenograft Model Allows for Practical Expansion and Preserved Heterogeneity in Culture. ,
Am J Pathol
 186 , 2016
Cells
Pancreatic cancer
Enzymes
Stemxyme 1 : 0.2%
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Baldan, V. , Griffiths, R. , Hawkins, R. and Gilham, D
Efficient and Reproducible Generation of Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Renal Cell Carcinoma ,
Br J Cancer
 112 , 1510 , 2015
Cells
Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Tumor
Human
Human
Ali, M. , Anand, S. , Tangella, K. , Ramkumar, D. and Saif, T.
Isolation of Primary Human Colon Tumor Cells from Surgical Tissues and Culturing Them Directly on Soft Elastic Substrates for Traction Cytometry. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e52532 , 2015
Cells
Colon
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Liang, S. , Marti, T. , Dorn, P. , Froment, L. , Hall, S. , Berezowska, S. , Kocher, G. , Schmid, R. and Peng, R.
Blocking the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Pathway Abrogates Resistance to Anti-Folate Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. ,
Cell Death Dis
 6 , e1824 , 2015
Cells
Non-small cell lung tumor
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Tumor
Human
Human
Quatromoni, J. , Singhal, S. , Bhojnagarwala, P. , Hancock, W. , Albelda, S. and Eruslanov, E.
An Optimized Dissagregation Method for Human Lung Tumors That Perserves the Phenotype and Function of the Immune Cells ,
J Leukoc Biol
 97 , 201 , 2015
Cells
Lung tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 45-60 u/ml
Collagenase Type 2 : 15-20 u/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 45-60 u/ml
Elastase : 0.002%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Tumor
Human
Human
Yan, K. , Wu, Q. , Yan, D. , Lee, C. , Rahim, N. , Tritschler, I. , DeVecchio, J. , Kalady, M. , Hjelmeland, A. and Rich, J.
Glioma Cancer Stem Cells Secrete Gremlin1 to Promote their Maintenance Within the Tumor Hierarchy. ,
Genes Dev
 28 , 1085-100 , 2014
Cells
Glioma cancer stem
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Tumor
Human
Human
Hasselbach, L. , Irtenkauf, S. , Lemke, N. , Nelson, K. , Berezovsky, A. , Carlton, E. , Transou, A. , Mikkelsen, T. and deCarvalho, A.
Optimization of High Grade Glioma Cell Culture from Surgical Specimens for Use in Clinically Relevant Animal Models and 3D Immunochemistry. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e51088 , 2014
Cells
Glioblastoma tumor
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Collagenase Type 4 : 500 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Dobbin, Z. and Landen, C.
Isolation and Characterization of Potential Cancer Stem Cells from Solid Human Tumors--Potential Applications. ,
Curr Protoc Pharmacol
 63 , Unit 14.28. , 2013
Cells
Cancer stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.05%
Hyaluronidase : 0.005%
Medium
RPMI

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.