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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
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
Heart
Human
Human, adult
Bugaisky, L.B.
Biology of Isolated Adult Cardiac Myocytes , Isolation and Culture of Human Adult Cardiac Myocytes , (Clark,Decker,Borg,eds) , Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. , 1988
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Joklik's MEM
Heart
Human
Human
Hassler, O. , Wiren, M. and Herbertsson, S.
The Elastic Coat of the Arterial Wall Studied with the Aid of Collagenase ,
Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand
 57 , 15 , 1963
Cells
Thoracic aorta
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
Phosphate buffer w/NaCl

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.