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Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, female, fetus
Gugen-Guillouzo, C. , Tichonicky, L. , Szajnert, M. and Kruh, J.
Changes in Some Chromatin and Cytoplastic Enzymes of Perinatal Rat Hepatocytes ,
In Vitro
 16 , 1 , 1980
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.025%
Medium
HEPES buffer
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, 7-10 day
Acosta, D. , Anuforo, D. and Smith, R
Preparation of Primary Monolayer Cultures of Postnatal Rat Liver Cells ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 6 , 35 , 1980
Cells
Liver
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS modified (see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-300 g
Yamada, S. , Otto, P. , Kennedy, D. and Whayne, T.
The Effects of Dexamethasone on Metabolic Activity of Hepatocytes in Primary Monolayer Culture ,
In Vitro
 16 , 559 , 1980
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
Kreb's Henseleit bicarbonate buffer
Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 200-250 g
Poli, G. , Gravela, E. , Albano, E. and Dianzani, M.
Studies on Fatty Liver with Isolated Hepatocytes: II., The Action of Carbon Tetrachloride on Lipid Peroxidation, Protein and Triglyceride Synthesis and Secretion ,
Exp Mol Pathol
 30 , 116 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 460 u/ml
Medium
Saline
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 100-150 g
Davis, R. , Engelhorn, S. , Pangburn, S. , Weinstein, D. and Steinberg, D.
Very Low Density Lipoprotein Synthesis and Secretion by Cultured Rat Hepatocytes ,
J Biol Chem
 254 (6) , 2010 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat
(also chicken)
Weigel, P. , Schnaar, R. , Kuhlenschmidt, M. , Schmell, E. , Lee, R. , Lee, Y. and Roseman, S.
Adhesion of Hepatocytes to Immobilized Sugars ,
J Biol Chem
 254 (21) , 10830 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 6000 units
Medium
HEPES
Liver
Rat
Rat , Wistar, male, 250-300 g
Gravela, E. , Poli, G. , Albano, E. and Dianzani, M.
Studies of Fatty Liver with Isolated Hepatocytes ,
Exp Mol Pathol
 27 , 339 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%
Medium
Hank's solution, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 200 g
Rubin, K. , Kjellen, L. and Oslashbrink, B.
Intercellular Adhesion between Juvenile Liver Cells.. A Method to Measure the Formation of Stable Lateral Contacts Between Cells Attached to a Collagen Gel ,
Exp Cell Res
 109 , 413 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100 u/ml
Medium
Buffers 1 & 2
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat (WAG/RIJ), female, 24, 30, and 37 months
VanBezodijen, C. , Grell, T. and Knook, D.
Effect of Age on Protein Synthesis by Isolated Liver Parenchymal Cells ,
Mech Ageing Dev
 6 , 293 , 1977
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.05% - 0.06%
Medium
HEPES buffer
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fisher, adult, male
Williams, G. , Bermudez, E. and Scaramuzzino, D.
Rat Hepatocytes Primary Cell Cultures III. Improved Dissociation and Attachment Techniques and the Enchancement of Survival by Culture Medium ,
In Vitro
 13 (12) , 809 , 1977
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
(see reference)
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fischer, male, adult, 170-265 g
Laishes, B. and Williams, G.
Conditions Affecting Primary Cell Cultures of Functional Adult Rat Hepatocytes. I.. The Effect of Insulin ,
In Vitro
 12 , 521 , 1976
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%-0.10%
Medium
Williams E
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 200-250 g
Witters, L. , Alberico, L. and Acruch, J.
Insulin Regulation of Glycogen Synthase in the Isolated Rat Hepatocyte ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 69 (4) , 997 , 1976
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Liver
Rat
Rat, embryos, 1-3 days
Gerschenson, L. , Berliner, J. and Davidson, M.
The Isolation and Culture of Liver Cells , Vol. 32 , 733 , 1974
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fischer, adult, 200-250 g
Williams, G. and Gunn, J.
Long-Term Culture of Adult Rat Liver Epithelial Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 89 , 139 , 1974
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.0075%
Medium
KCl-NaCl HEPES Buffer
Liver
Rat
Rat, neonate, 3 day
Bausher, J. and Schaeffer, W.
A Diploid Rat Liver Cell Culture. 1. Characterization and Sensitivity to Aflatoxin B1 ,
In Vitro
 9 , 286 , 1974
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
PBS, CMF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, albino, male
Bonney, R. , Becker, J. , Walker, P. and Potter, V.
Primary Monolayer Cultures of Adult Rat Liver Parenchymal Cells Suitable for Study of the Regulation of Enzyme Synthesis ,
In Vitro
 9 , 399 , 1974
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Hank's solution, CMF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, male, 200-250 g
Howard, R. , Lee, J. and Pesch, L.
The fine structure, potassium content, and respiratory activity of isolated rat liver parenchymal cells prepared by improved enzymatic techniques ,
J Cell Biol
 57 , 642 , 1973
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, male, 180-300 g
Bissell, D. , Hammaker, L. and Meyer, U.
Parenchymal Cells from Adult Rat Liver in Nonproliferating Monolayer Culture. I. Functional Studies ,
J Cell Biol
 59 , 722 , 1973
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
Hank's solution, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 260-310 g
Seglen, P.
Preparation of Rat Liver Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 74 , 450 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01 - 0.08%
Medium
HEPES
Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 200-250 g
Berg, T. , Boman, D. and Seglen, P.O.
Induction of Tryptophan Oxygenase in Primary Rat Liver Cell Suspensions by Glucocorticoid Hormone ,
Exp Cell Res
 72 , 571 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 130-160 g
Johnson, M. , Das, N. , Butcher, F. and Fain, J.
The Regulation of Gluconeogenesis in Isolated Rat Liver Cells by Glucagon, Insulin, Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, and Fatty Acids ,
J Biol Chem
 247 , 3229 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.08%
Medium
HBSS, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fisher 344, pregnant (19-21 days gestation),
200-250 g
Leffert, H. and Paul, D.
Studies on Primary Cultures of Differentiated Fetal Liver Cells ,
J Cell Biol
 52 , 559 , 1972
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Medium
Modified Eagle's w/ Serum
Liver
Rat
Rat, Fisher, 10 day
Williams, G. , Weisburger, E. and Weisburger, J.
Isolation and Long-Term Cell Culture of Epithelial-Like Cells from Rat Liver ,
Exp Cell Res
 69 , 106 , 1971
Cells
Epithelial-like
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
PBS
Liver
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 6-8 weeks, 80-160 G
Iype, P.
Cultures from Adult Rat Liver Cells. 1.Establishment of Monolayer Cell-Cultures from Normal Lver ,
J Cell Physiol
 78 , 281 , 1971
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 1.0%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Liver
Rat
Rat, 100-200 g
Haung, Y. and Ebner, K.
Induction of Tyrosine Aminotransferase in Isolated Liver Cells ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 191 , 161 , 1969
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS, CF
Liver
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, 200-300 g
Berry, M. and Friend, D.
High Yield Preparation of Isolated Rat Liver Parenchymal Cells ,
J Cell Biol
 43 , 506 , 1969
Cells
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS, CF
Lung
Human

Human

Konishi, S. , Tata, A. and Tata, P.
Defined Conditions for Long-term Expansion of Murine and Human Alveolar Epithelial Stem Cells in Three-dimensional Cultures. , STAR Protoc Vol. 3 , 101447 , 2022
Cells
Alveolar epithelial stem
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 450 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 5 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 0.33 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Lung
Human

Human

Youk, J. , Kim, T. , Evans, K. , Jeong, Y. , Hur, Y. , Hong, S. , Kim, J. , Yi, K. , Kim, S. , Na, K. , Bleazard, T. , Kim, H. , Fellows, M. , Mahbubani, K. , Saeb-Parsy, K. , Kim, S. , Kim, Y. , Koh, G. , Choi, B. , Ju, Y. and Lee, J.
Three-Dimensional Human Alveolar Stem Cell Culture Models Reveal Infection Response to SARS-CoV-2. , Cell Stem Cell Vol. 27 , 905-919.e10 , 2020
Cells
Aveolar
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Human
Human
Bahmed, K. , Boukhenouna, S. , Karim, L. , Andrews, T. , Lin, J. , Powers, R. , Wilson, M. , Lin, C. , Messier, E. , Reisdorph, N. , Powell, R. , Tang, H. , Mason, R. , Criner, G. and Kosmider, B.
The Effect of Cysteine Oxidation on DJ-1 Cytoprotective Function in Human Alveolar Type II Cells. ,
Cell Death Dis
 10 , 638 , 2019
Cells
Aveolar
Enzymes
Elastase : 12.9 u/ml
Medium
PBS
Lung
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
Lung
Human
Human
Barkauskas, C. , Cronce, M. , Rackley, C. , Bowie, E. , Keene, D. , Stripp, B. , Randell, S. , Noble, P. and Hogan, B.
Type 2 Alveolar Cells are Stem Cells in Adult Lung ,
J Clin Invest
 123 , 3025 , 2013
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 2 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.25%
Elastase : 10 u/ml
Medium
Bronchial Epithelial Growth Medium
Lung
Human
Human
Mackay, L. , Dodd, S. , Dougall, I. , Tomlinson, W. , Lordan, J. , Fisher, A. and Corris, P.
Isolation and Characterisation of Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells from Patients with Severe Emphysema. ,
Respir Res
 14 , 23 , 2013
Cells
Pulmonary endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Lung
Human
Human
Comhair, S. , Xu, W. , Mavrakis, L. , Aldred, M. , Asosingh, K. and Erzurum, S.
Human Primary Lung Endothelial Cells in Culture. ,
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
 46 , 723-30 , 2012
Cells
Lung endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Lung
Human
Human
Fujino, N. , Kubo, H. , Suzuki, T. , Ota, C. , Hegab, A. , He, M. , Suzuki, S. , Suzuki, T. , Yamada, M. , Kondo, T. , Kato, H. and Yamaya, M.
Isolation of Alveolar Epithelial Type II Progenitor Cells from Adult Human Lungs. ,
Lab Invest
 91 , 363 , 2011
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Human
Human
Zhu, Y. , Skold, C. , Liu, X. , Wang, H. , Kohyama. , Wen, F. , Ertl, R. and Rennard, S.
Fibroblasts and Monocyte Macrophages Contract and Degrade Three-Dimensional Collagen Gels in Extended Co-Culture ,
Respir Res
 2 (5) , 295 , 2001
Cells
Lung
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Lung
Human
Human, 16-24 week therapeutic abortions
Liley, H. , Ertsey, R. , Gonzales, L. , Odom, M. , Hawgood, S. , Dobbs, L. and Ballard, P.
Synthesis of Surfactant Components by Cultured Type II Cells From Human Lung ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 961 , 86 , 1988
Cells
Alveolar type II
Fetal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 50 ug/ml
Medium
Ham's F-12, Eagle's MEM

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.