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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
Lung
Human
Human
Lechner, J. , Haugen, A. , McClendon, I. and Pettis, E.
Clonal Growth of Normal Adult Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells in a Serum-Free Medium ,
In Vitro
 18 (7) , 633 , 1982
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
Medium 199
Lung
Human
Human, 12-16 wk old embryo
Kan, M. and Yamane, I.
In Vitro Proliferation and Lifespan of Human Diploid Fibroblasts in Serum-Free BSA-Containing Medium ,
J Cell Physiol
 111 , 155 , 1982
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Lung
Human
Human fetuses, 80 day
(also swine fetuses, 70 day, adult Amer Dutch, 250 day)
Hinz, R. and Syverton, J.
Mammalian Cell Cultures for Study of Influenza Virus. I. Preparation of Monolayer Cultures with Collagenase ,
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
 101 , 19 , 1959
Cells
Lung
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS
Skin
Human

Human

Burja, B. , Paul, D. , Tastanova, A. , Edalat, S. , Gerber, R. , Houtman, M. , Elhai, M. , Bürki, K. , Staeger, R. , Restivo, G. , Lang, R. , Sodin-Semrl, S. , Lakota, K. , Tomšič, M. , Levesque, M. , Distler, O. , Rotar, �. , Robinson, M. and Frank-Bertoncelj, M.
An Optimized Tissue Dissociation Protocol for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Fresh and Cultured Human Skin Biopsies. , Front Cell Dev Biol Vol. 10 , 872688 , 2022
Cells
Skin
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 2.4 u/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Skin
Human
Human
Tan, J. , Jaafar, F. and Makpol, S.
Proteomic Profiling of Senescent Human Diploid Fibroblasts Treated with gamma-tocotrienol. ,
BMC Complement Altern Med
 18 , 314 , 2018
Cells
Diploid fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Botting, Ra. , Bertram, K. , Baharlou, H. , Sandgren, K. , Fletcher, J. , Rhodes, J. , Rana, H. , Plasto, T. , Wang, X. , Lim, J. , Barnouti, L. , Kohout, M. , Papadopoulos, T. , Merten, S. , Olbourne, N. and Cunningham, A.
Phenotypic and Functional Consequences of Different Isolation Protocols on Skin Mononuclear Phagocytes. ,
J Leukoc Biol
 101 , 1393-1403 , 2017
Cells
Mononuclear phagocytes
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 1 u/ml
Collagenase : 200 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.5%
Medium
RPMI-1640
Skin
Human
Human
Chen, Z. , Wang, X. , Jin, T. , Wang, Y. , Hong, C. , Tan, L. , Dai, T. , Wu, L. , Zhuang, Z. and Shi, C.
Increase in the Radioresistance of Normal Skin Fibroblasts but not Tumor Cells by Mechanical Injury. ,
Cell Death Dis
 8 , e2573 , 2017
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Douvaras, P. , Wang, J. , Zimmer, M. , Hanchuk, S. , O'Bara, M. , Sadiq, S. , Sim, F. , Goldman, J. and Fossati, V.
Efficient Generation of Myelinating Oligodendrocytes from Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. ,
Stem Cell Reports
 3 , 250 , 2014
Cells
Skin fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 1000 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Cheuk, S. , Wiken, M. , Blomqvist, L. , Nylen, S. , Talme, T. and Stahle, M.and Eidsmo, L.
Epidermal Th22 and Tc17 Cells Form a Localized Disease Memory in Clinically Healed Psoriasis. ,
J Immunol
 192 , 3111 , 2014
Cells
Skin
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Skin
Human
Human
Cerny, D. , Haniffa, M. , Shin, A. , Bigliardi, P. , Tan, B. , Lee, B. , Poidinger, M. , Tan, E. , Ginhoux, F. and Fink, K.
Selective Susceptibility of Human Skin Antigen Presenting Cells to Productive Dengue Virus Infection. ,
PLoS Pathog
 10 , e1004548 , 2014
Cells
Skin
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Skin
Human
Human, adult
Nagel, S. , Rohr, F. , Weber, C. , Kier, J. , Siemers, F. , Kruse, C. , Danner, S. , Brandenburger, M. and Matthiessen, A.
Multipotent Nestin-Positive Stem Cells Reside in the Stroma of Human Eccrine and Apocrine Sweat Glands and can be Propagated Robustly In Vitro. ,
PLoS ONE
 8 , e78365 , 2013
Cells
Epidermal stem cells
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 2 u/ml
Trypsin : 2.5%
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human, female, 18-66 yr
Huschtscha, L. , Napier, C. , Noble, J. , Bower, K. , Au, A. , Campbell, H. , Braithwaite, A. and Reddel, R.
Enhanced Isolation of Fibroblasts From Human Skin Explants. ,
Biotechniques
 53 , 239 , 2012
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Carriel, V. , Garzon, I. , Jimenez, J. , Oliveira, A. , Arias-Santiago, S. , Campos, A. , Sanchez-Quevedo, M. and Alaminos, M.
Epithelial and Stromal Developmental Patterns in a Novel Substitute of the Human Skin Generated with Fibrin-Agarose Biomaterials. ,
Cells Tissues Organs
 196 , 1-12 , 2012
Cells
Fibroblasts and keratinocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Karumbayaram, S. , Lee, P. , Azghadi, S. , Cooper, A. , Patterson, M. , Kohn, D. , Pyle, A. , Clark, A. , Byrne, J. , Zack, J. , Plath, K. and Lowry, W.
From Skin Biopsy to Neurons Through a Pluripotent Intermediate Under Good Manufacturing Practice Protocols ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 1 , 36 , 2012
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Skin
Human
Human
Zheng, Y. , Nace, A. , Chen, W. , Watkins, K. , Sergott, L. , Homan, Y. , Vandeberg, J. , Breen, M. and Stenn, K.
Mature Hair Follicles Generated from Dissociated Cells: A Universal Mechanism of Folliculoneogenesis. ,
Dev Dyn
 239 , 2619-26 , 2010
Cells
Epidermal
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.35%
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Zhang, Q. , Yamaza, T. , Kelly, AP, Shi, S. , Wang, S. , Brown, J. , Wang, L. , French, S. , Shi, S. and Le, A.
Tumor-like Stem Cells Derived from Human Keloid are Governed by the Inflammatory Niche Driven by IL-17/IL-6 Axis. ,
PLoS ONE
 4 , e7798 , 2009
Cells
Skin and keloid progenitor
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Skin
Human
Human
Tuan, T. , Hwu, P. , Ho, W. , Yiu, P. , Chang, R. , Wysocki, A. and Benya, P.
Adenoviral Overexpression and Small Interfering RNA Suppression Demonstrate that Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Produces Elevated Collagen Accumulation in Normal and Keloid Fibroblasts. ,
Am J Pathol
 173 , 1311-25 , 2008
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100-320 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human, 6-12 year
Chen, F. , Zhang, W. , Bi, D. , Liu, W. , Wei, X. , Chen, F. , Zhu, L. , Cui, L. and Cao, Y.
Clonal Analysis of Nestin(-) Vimentin(+) Multipotent Fibroblasts Isolated from Human Dermis. ,
J Cell Sci
 120 , 2875 , 2007
Cells
Dermal fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Yu Hong, Fang Dong, Kumar Suresh M, Li Ling, Nguyen Thiennga K, Acs Geza, Herlyn Meenhard, Xu Xiaowei.
Isolation of a novel population of multipotent adult stem cells from human hair follicles ,
Am J Pathol
 168 , 1879-88 , 2006
Cells
Hair follicular epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Skin
Human
Human
Clark, R. , Chong, B. , Mirchandani, N. , Yamanaka, K. , Murphy, G. , Dowgiert, R. and Kupper, T.
A Novel Method for the Isolation of Skin Resident T cells from Normal and Diseased Human Skin. ,
J Invest Dermatol
 126 , 1059 , 2006
Cells
fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.5%
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Skin
Human
Human, adult
Wang, H. , Van Blitterswijk, C. , Bertrand-De Haas, M. , Schuurman, A. and Lamme, E.
Improved Enzymatic Isolation of Fibroblasts for the Creation of Autologous Skin Substitutes. ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim
 40 , 268 , 2004
Cells
Dermal fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.5-1.0%
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human, neonatal
Li, A. , Pouliot, N. , Redvers, R. and Kaur, P.
Extensive tissue-regenerative capacity of neonatal human keratinocytes stem cells and their progeny ,
J Clin Invest
 113 , 390-400 , 2004
Cells
Keratinocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Babina Magda, Guhl Sven, Starke Andrae, Kirchhof Loreen, Zuberbier Torsten, Henz Beate M.
Comparative cytokine profile of human skin mast cells from two compartments--strong resemblance with monocytes at baseline but induction of IL-5 by IL-4 priming ,
J Leukoc Biol
 75 , 244-52 , 2004
Cells
Mast cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Skin
Human
Human
Tuan Tai-Lan, Wu Huayang, Huang Eunice Y, Chong Sheree S N, Laug Walter, Messadi Diana, Kelly Paul, Le Anh.
Increased plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in keloid fibroblasts may account for their elevated collagen accumulation in fibrin gel cultures ,
Am J Pathol
 162 , 1579-89 , 2003
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
Skin
Human
Human
Supp Dorothy M, Wilson-Landy Kaila, Boyce Steven T.
Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells form vascular analogs in cultured skin substitutes after grafting to athymic mice ,
FASEB J
 16 , 797-804 , 2002
Cells
Keratinocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : see reference
Collagenase : see reference
Medium
see reference
Skin
Human
Human, adult
Baudoux, B. , Castanares-Zapatero, D. , Leclercq-Smekens, M. , Berna, N. and Poumay, Y.
The Tetraspanin CD9 Associates with the Integrin a6B4 in Cultured Human Epidermal Keratinocytes and is Involved in Cell Motility ,
Eur J Cell Biol
 79 , 41 , 2000
Cells
Keratinocytes
Enzymes
Medium
PBS

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.