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Epithelial
Human
Human
Halbert CL, Alexander IE, Wolgamot GM, Miller AD.
Adeno-associated virus vectors transduce primary cells much less efficiently than immortalized cells ,
J Virol
 69 , 1473-9 , 1995
Cells
Nasal polyp epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
see reference
Epithelial
Human
Human
Sarosiek, J, Marshall, B, Peura, D, Guerrant, L, McCallum, R. and Little, C
The Isolation and Maintenance of Human Gastric Epithelial Cells in Primary Culture , Cell & Tissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures Vol. 1 , Doyle, A., Griffiths, J., and Newell, D. , John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. , 12B:10.1 , 1995
Cells
Gastric
Enzymes
Medium
F-12 medium
Epithelial
Human
Human
Sabatini, L. , Allen-Hoffmann, B, Warner, T. and Azen, E.
Serial Cultivation of Epithelial Cells from Human and Macaque Salivary Glands ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 939 , 1991
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Human
Human
Robinson, C. and Wu, R.
Culture of Conducting Airway Epithelial Cells in Serum-Free Medium ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 13 , 95 , 1991
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
MEM, PBS
Epithelial
Human
Human
Emerman, J. and Wilkinson, D.
Routine Culturing of Normal, Dysplastic and Malignant Human Mammary Epithelial Cells from Small Tissue Samples ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 1186 , 1990
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 2.0%
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Epithelial
Human
Human
Gruenert, D.C. , Basbaum, C.B. and Widdicombe, J.H.
Long-Term Culture of Normal and Cystic Fibrosis Epithelial Cells Grown Under Serum-Free Conditions ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 411 , 1990
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.1%
Medium
PBS
Epithelial
Human
Human
Wood, L. and Neufeld, E.
A Cystic Fibrosis Phenotype in Cells Cultured from Sweat Gland Secretory Coil. Altered Kinetics of 36Cl Efflux ,
J Biol Chem
 265 , 12796 , 1990
Cells
Epithelial
Sweat gland
Enzymes
Medium
(see reference)
Epithelial
Human
Human
(also bovine)
Munson, L. , Chandler, S. and Schlafer, D.
Cultivation of Bovine Fetal and Adult Endometrial Epithelial Cells ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 11 (3) , 129 , 1988
Cells
Endometrial epithelial
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Epithelial
Human
Human
Widdicombe, J.H. , Coleman, D.L. , Finkbeiner, W.E. and Tuet, I.K.
Electrical Properties of Monolayers Cultured From Cells of Human Tracheal Mucosa ,
J Appl Physiol
 58 , 1729 , 1985
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES with 5.9mM Glucose,5mM DTT
Epithelial
Human
Human
Yankaskas, J. , Cotton, C. , Knowles, M. , Gatzy, J. and Boucher, R.
Culture of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells on Collagen Matrix Supports ,
Am Rev Respir Dis
 132 , 1281 , 1985
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.1%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Epithelial
Human
Human, women, 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
Epithelial
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
Eye
Human
Human
Yusoff,B, Riau, A. , Yam, G. , Halim, N. and Mehta, J.
Isolation and Propagation of Human Corneal Stromal Keratocytes for Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy. ,
Cells
 11 , 178 , 2022
Cells
Corneal stromal keratocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Eye
Human

Human

Menon, M. , Mohammadi, S. , Davila-Velderrain, J. , Goods, B. , Cadwell, T. , Xing, Y. , Stemmer-Rachamimov, A. , Shalek, A. , Love, J. , Kellis, M. and Hafler, B.
Single-cell Transcriptomic Atlas of the Human Retina Identifies Cell Types Associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration. ,
Nat Commun
 10 , 4902 , 2019
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : see reference
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Human
Human
Xu, N. , Chen, Y. , Dean, K. , Lu, X. , Liu, X. , Wang, W. , Dean, D. , Kaplan, H. , Gao, L. , Dong, F. and Liu, Y.
Sphere-Induced Rejuvenation of Swine and Human Muller Glia Is Primarily Caused by Telomere Elongation. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 1579-1591 , 2017
Cells
Muller glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Human
Human
Sidney, L. , Branch, M. , Dua, H. and Hopkinson, A.
Effect of Culture Medium on Propagation and Phenotype of Corneal Stroma-Derived Stem Cells. ,
Cytotherapy
 17 , 1706-22 , 2015
Cells
Corneal stroma stem
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Human
Human
Du, Y. , Roh, D. , Funderburgh, M. , Mann, M. , Marra, K. , Rubin, J. , Li, X. and Funderburgh, J.
Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate to Keratocytes In Vitro. ,
Mol Vis
 16 , 2680 , 2010
Cells
Corneal stromal stem
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 1.2 u/ml
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Human
Human, 18-68 yr
Li Wei, Sabater Alfonso L, Chen Ying-Ting, Hayashida Yasutaka, Chen Szu-Yu, He Hua, Tseng Scheffer C G.
A novel method of isolation, preservation, and expansion of human corneal endothelial cells ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 48 , 614-20 , 2007
Cells
Corneal endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Eye
Human
Human
Espana EM, Romano AC, Kawakita T, Di Pascuale M, Smiddy R. and Tseng SC
Novel enzymatic isolation of an entire viable human limbal epithelial sheet ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 44(10) , 4275 , 2003
Cells
Corneal limbal epithelial sheet
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Eye
Human
Human, 5-65 years
Von Recum, H. , Okano, T. , Kim, S. and Bernstein, P.
Maintenance of Retinoid Metabolism in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Culture ,
Exp Eye Res
 69 , 97 , 1999
Cells
Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE)
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Human
Human
Holt-Casper, D. , Theisen, J. , Moreno, A. , Warren, M. , Silva, F. , Grainger, D. , Bull, D. and Patel, A.
Novel Xeno-free Human Heart Matrix-Derived Three-Dimensional Scaffolds. ,
J Transl Med
 13 , 194 , 2015
Cells
Cardiac
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.045%
Pancreatin : 0.1%
Medium
DPBS
Heart
Human
Human
Sharma, S. , Mishra, R. , Simpson, D. , Wehman, B. , Colletti, E. , Deshmukh, S. , Datla, S. , Balachandran, K. , Guo, Y. , Chen, L. , Siddiqui, O. , Kaushal, S. and Kaushal, S.
Cardiosphere-Derived Cells From Pediatric End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Have Enhanced Functional Activity Due to the Heat Shock Response Regulating the Secretome. ,
Stem Cells
 33 , 1213-29 , 2015
Cells
Cardiospheres
Enzymes
Medium
Iscove modified DMEM
Heart
Human
Human
Avolio, E. , Gianfranceschi, G. , Cesselli, D. , Caragnano, A. , Athanasakis, E. , Katare, R. , Meloni, M. , Palma, A. , Barchiesi, A. , Vascotto, C. , Toffoletto, B. , Mazzega, E. , Finato, N. , Aresu, G. and Livi, U.
Ex vivo Molecular Rejuvenation Improves the Therapeutic Activity of Senescent Human Cardiac Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Myocardial Infarction. ,
Stem Cells
 32 , 2373 , 2014
Cells
Cardiac stem
Enzymes
Medium
Joklik modified Eagle’s
Heart
Human
Human
Voigt, N. , Zhou, X. and Dobrev, D.
Isolation of Human Atrial Myocytes for Simultaneous Measurements of Ca2+ Transients and Membrane Currents. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e50235 , 2013
Cells
Atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 286 u/ml
Protease : 5 u/ml
Medium
see references
Heart
Human
Human
Vukusic, K. , Jonsson, M. , Brantsing, C. , Dellgren, G. , Jeppsson, A. , Lindahl, A. and Asp, J.
High Density Sphere Culture of Adult Cardiac Cells Increases the Levels of Cardiac and Progenitor Markers and Shows Signs of Vasculogenesis. ,
Biomed Res Int
 2013 , 2013
Cells
Cardiac
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Human
Human
Anderson, E. , Rodriguez, E. , Anderson, C. , Thayne, K. , Chitwood, W. and Kypson, A.
Increased Propensity for Cell Death in Diabetic Human Heart is Mediated by Mitochondrial-Dependent Pathways. ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 300 , H118 , 2011
Cells
Myofibers
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Heart
Human
Human
Voigt, N. , Makary, S. , Nattel, S. and Dobrev, D.
Voltage-Clamp-Based Methods for the Detection of Constitutively Active Acetylcholine-Gated I(K,ACh) Channels in the Diseased Heart. ,
Methods Enzymol
 484 , 653 , 2010
Cells
Atrial cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 286 u/ml
Protease : 5 u/ml
Medium
see reference
Heart
Human
Human
Jensen, B. , Swigart, P. , Laden, M. , DeMarco, T. , Hoopes, C. and Simpson, P.
The Alpha-1D Is the Predominant Alpha-1-Adrenergic Receptor Subtype in Human Epicardial Coronary Arteries. ,
J Am Coll Cardiol
 54 , 1137 , 2009
Cells
Coronary artery smooth muscle
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Human
Human
Mathew, S. , Tustison, K. , Sugatani, T. , Chaudhary, L. , Rifas, L. and Hruska, K.
The Mechanism of Phosphorus as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor in CKD. ,
J Am Soc Nephrol
 19 , 1092 , 2008
Cells
Smooth muscle aortic
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Human
Human (n=16, age: 60 &plusmin;3 years)
Mukerjee, R. , Multani, M. , Sample, J. , Dowdy, K. , Zellner, J. , Hoover, D. and Spinale, F.
Effects of adrenomedullin on human myocyte contractile function and beta-adrenergic response ,
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
 7 (4) , 235 , 2002
Cells
Myocardial
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.05%
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Human
Human
Todor Anastassia, Sharov Victor G, Tanhehco Elaine J, Silverman Norman, Bernabei Alvise, Sabbah Hani N.
Hypoxia-induced cleavage of caspase-3 and DFF45/ICAD in human failed cardiomyocytes ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 283 , H990-5 , 2002
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Protease XIV : 0.013%
Medium
HEPES solution
Heart
Human
Human
Shirai, T. , Rao, V. , Weisel, R. , Ikonomidis, J. , Li, R. , Tumiati, L. , Merante, F. and Mickle, D.
Preconditioning Human Cardiomyocytes and Endothelial Cells. ,
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
 115 , 210-9 , 1998
Cells
Cardiomyocytes and endothelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
PBS
Heart
Human
Human
Hoppe, U. , Jansen, E. , Sudkamp, M. and Beukelmann, D.
Hyperpolarization-Activated Inward Current in Ventricular Myocytes From Normal and Failing Human Hearts ,
Circulation
 97 , 55 , 1998
Cells
Heart
Myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode's solution
Heart
Human
Human
Van Wagoner, D. , Pond, A. , McCarthy, P. , Trimmer, J. and Nerbonne, J.
Outward K+ Current Densities and Kv1.5 Expression are Reduced in Chronic Human Atrial Fibrillation. ,
Circ Res
 80 , 772-81 , 1997
Cells
Atrial myocytes
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.04%
Medium
see reference
Heart
Human
Human, fetal, 14.5 week gestation
Goldman, B. and Wurzel, J.
Effects of Subcultivation and Culture Medium on Differentiation of Human Fetal Cardiac Myocytes ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 28 , 109 , 1992
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS with Calcium
Heart
Human
Human, both sexes, 18-81 years
Smith, D. , Glover, J. , Townsend, L. and Maupin, E.
A Method for the Harvest, Culture, and Characterization of Human Adult Atrial Myocardial Cells: Correlation with Age of Donor ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 914 , 1991
Cells
Myocardial
Atrial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.14%
Medium
HBSS, CMF

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.