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Human

Nolle, A. , Dijken, I. , Waelti, C. , Calini, D. , Bryois, J. and Lezan, E.
Enrichment of Glial Cells From Human Post-mortem Tissue for Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Using Immunopanning. ,
Front Cell Neurosci
 15 , 772011 , 2021
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Human

Human, fetal

Barbar, L. , Rusielewicz, T. , Zimmer, M. , Kalpana, K. and Fossati, V.
Isolation of Human CD49f Astrocytes and iPSC-Based Neurotoxicity Assays. , STAR Protoc Vol. 1 , 100172 , 2020
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
PDS kit : see reference
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Human
Human, adult
Spaethling, J. , Na, Y. , Lee, J. , Ulyanova, A. , Baltuch, G. , Bell, T. , Brem, S. , Chen, H. , Dueck, H. , Fisher, S. , Garcia, M. , Khaladkar, M. , Kung, D. , Lucas, T. , O'Rourke, D. and Stefanik, D.
Primary Cell Culture of Live Neurosurgically Resected Aged Adult Human Brain Cells and Single Cell Transcriptomics. ,
Cell Rep
 18 , 791-803 , 2017
Cells
Neuronal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Human
Human
Mizee, M. , Miedema, S. , van der Poel, M. , Adelia , S. , van Strien, M. , Melief, J. , Smolders, J. , Hendrickx, D. , Heutinck, K. , Hamann, J. and Huitinga, I.
Isolation of Primary Microglia from the Human Post-Mortem Brain: Effects of Ante- and Post-Mortem Variables. ,
Acta Neuropathol
 5 , 16 , 2017
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Human
Human
Rustenhoven, J. , Park Thomas, I. , Schweder, P. , Scotter, J. , Correia, J. , Smith, A. , Gibbons, H. , Oldfield, R. , Bergin, P. , Mee, E. , Faull, R. , Curtis, M. , Scott, G. and Dragunow, M.
Isolation of Highly Enriched Primary Human Microglia for Functional Studies. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 19371 , 2016
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 10 u/ml
Papain : 2.5 u/ml
Medium
Hibernate A
Brain
Human
Human, fetal and mature
Zhang, Y. , Sloan, S. , Clarke, L. , Caneda, C. , Plaza, C. , Blumenthal, P. , Vogel, H. , Steinberg, G. , Edwards, M. , Li, G. , Duncan, J. , Cheshier, S. , Shuer, L. , Chang, E. , Grant, G. , Gephart, M. and Barres, B.
Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse. ,
Neuron
 89 , 37-53 , 2016
Cells
Astrocytes and neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 7.5-20 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Brain
Human
Human
Scherpelz, K. , Lu, J.,Tycko, R. and Meredith, S.
Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1345 , 299 , 2016
Cells
Amyloid Fibrils
Enzymes
Medium
50mM Tris
Brain
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
Brain
Human
Hussein, D. , Punjaruk, W. , Storer, L. , Shaw, L. , Othman, R. , Ottoman, R. , Peet, A. , Miller, S. , Bandopadhyay, G. , Heath, R. , Kumari, R. , Bowman, K. , Braker, P. , Rahman, R. , Jones, G. , Watson, S. and Lowe, J.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Cancer Stem Cells: Cell Cycle Dynamics, DNA Repair, and Etoposide Extrusion. ,
Neuro Oncol
 13 , 70-83 , 2011
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Human
Human
Sauvageot, C. , Weatherbee, J. , Kesari, S. , Winters, S. , Barnes, J. , Dellagatta, J. , Ramakrishna, N. , Stiles, C. , Kung, A. , Kieran, M. and Wen, P.
Efficacy of the HSP90 Inhibitor 17-AAG in Human Glioma Cell Lines and Tumorigenic Glioma Stem Cells. , Neuro Oncol Vol. 11 , 109 , 2009
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Brain
Human
Human
Klegeris Andis, McGeer PatrickL.
Chymotrypsin-like proteases contribute to human monocytic THP-1 cell as well as human microglial neurotoxicity ,
Glia
 51 , 56-64 , 2005
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Human
Human
Roher, A.E. , Palmer, K.C. , Chau, V. and Ball, M.J.
Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Alzheimer's Disease Paired Helical Filament Cytoskeletons:Differentiation from Amyloid Plaque Core Protein ,
J Cell Biol
 107 , 2703 , 1988
Cells
Neuronal
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 10 µg/ml
Medium
Tris-HCl, 50 mM, CaCl2, 2 mM
Brain
Human
Human
Gerhart, D. Z. , Broderius, M. A. and Drewes, L. R.
Cutlured Human and Canine Endothelial Cells from Brain Microvessels ,
Brain Res Bull
 21 , 785 , 1988
Cells
Microvessels
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Human
Human, 15-54 years
Vinters, H.V. , Reave, S. , Costello, P. , Girvin, J.P. and Moore, S.A.
Isolation and Culture of Cells Derived From Human Cerebral Microvessels ,
Cell Tissue Res
 249 , 657 , 1987
Cells
Microvessels
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Serum-free modified Lewis medium
Brain
Human

Human

Arlotta, P. , Quadrato, G. and Sherwood, L.
Long-term Culture and Electrophysiological Characterization of Human Brain Organoids , Protocol.OI Vol. https://doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.049
Cells
Brain organoids
Epithelial
Human
Human
Gottipamula, S. , Saraswat, S. and Sridhar, K.
Comparative Study of Isolation, Expansion and Characterization of Epithelial Cells. ,
Cytotherapy
 19 , 263-271 , 2017
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Epithelial
Human
Human
Hsueh, Y. , Huang, S. , Lai, J. , Ma, S. , Chen, H. , Wu, S. , Wang, T. , Sun, C. , Ma, K. , Chen, J. , Lai, C. and Ma, D.
Preservation of Epithelial Progenitor Cells from Collagenase-Digested Oral Mucosa During Ex Vivo Cultivation. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 36266 , 2016
Cells
Oral mucosal epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Epithelial
Human
Human
VanDussen, K. , Marinshaw, J. , Shaikh, N. , Miyoshi, H. , Moon, C. , Tarr, P. , Ciorba, M. and Stappenbeck, T.
Development of an Enhanced Human Gastrointestinal Epithelial Culture System to Facilitate Patient-Based Assays. ,
Gut
 64 , 911-20 , 2015
Cells
Gastrointestinal epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Epithelial
Human
Human
Widdicombe JH, Sachs LA, Morrow JL. and Finkbeiner WE.
Expansion of cultures of human tracheal epithelium with maintenance of differentiated structure and function ,
Biotechniques
 39(2) , 249 , 2005
Cells
Human tracheal epithelium
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.04%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Epithelial
Human
Human
Fukushima, K. and Fiocchi, C.
Paradoxical Decrease of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Epithelial Cells of Active Ulcerative Colitis Patients. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 286 , G804-13 , 2004
Cells
Colonic epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Epithelial
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
Epithelial
Human
Human
Fahlgren, A. , Hammarstrom, S. , Danielsson, A. and Hammarstrom, M.
Increased Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides and Lysozyme in Colonic Epithelial Cells of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. ,
Clin Exp Immunol
 131 , 90 , 2003
Cells
Intestinal epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 72.5 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Epithelial
Human
Human
Smoot, D. , Sewchand, J. , Young, K. , Desbrodes, B. , Allen, C. and Naab, T.
A Method for Establishing Primary Cultures of Human Gastric Epithelial Cells ,
Meth Cell Sci
 22 , 133 , 2000
Cells
Gastric epithelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
L-15
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

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.