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Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 2-4 day neonates
Grynberg, A. , Degois, M. , Guenot, L. and Athias, P.
Primary Rat Cardiac Cell Culture: Diet of the Mother Rats as a Determinant Parameter of Cardiomyoblast Production from Neonates ,
Biol Cell
 57 , 89 , 1986
Cells
Myoblast, cardiac
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Standardized Medium
(see reference)
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, timid-pregnant
Freerksen, D. , Schroedl, N. and Hartzell, C.
Control of Enzyme Activity Levels by Serum and Hydrocortisone in Neonatal Rat Heart Cells Cultured in Serum-Free Medium ,
J Cell Physiol
 120 , 126 , 1984
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 2.4 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 12 weeks
Piper, H.M. , Probst, I. , Schwartz, P. , Hutter, F.J. and Spieckermann, P.G.
Culturing of Calcium Stable Adult Cardiac Myocytes ,
J Mol Cell Cardiol
 14 , 397 , 1982
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Krebs Ringer bicarbonate buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, male/female, 200-250 g
Nag, A. and Cheng, M.
Adult Mammalian Cardiac Muscle Cells in Culture ,
Tissue Cell
 13 , 515 , 1981
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Krebs Ringer phosphate buffer, CMF
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, male, 200-250 g
Frangakis, C. , Bahl, J. , McDaniel, H. and Bressler, R.
Tolerance to Physiological Calcium by Isolated Mycocytes from the Adult Rat Heart; An Improved Cellular Preparation ,
Life Sci
 27 , 815 , 1980
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
Joklik MEM, CF
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 12 wks, 250 g
Powell, T. , Terrar, D.A. and Twist, V.W.
Electrical Properties of Individual Cells Isolated From Adult Rat Ventricular Myocardium ,
J Physiol
 302 , 131 , 1980
Cells
Myocytes
Ventricular myocardium
Enzymes
Medium
Kreb's Ringer bicarbonate buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, female, adult, 200 - 300 g
Claycomb, W.C. and Palazzo, M.C.
Culture of The Terminally Differentiated Adult Cardiac Muscle Cell: A Light and Scanning Electron Microscope Study ,
Dev Biol
 80 , 466 , 1980
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Joklik's MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 10 wk
Bishop, S. , Oparil, S. , Reynolds, R. and Drummond, J.
Regional Myocyte Size in Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats ,
Hypertension
 1 (4) , 378 , 1979
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Saline
Heart
Rat
Rat, male, 200-300 g
Farmer, B. , Harris, R. , Jolly, W. , Hathaway, D. , Katzberg, A. , Watanabe, A. , Whitlow, A. and Besch, H.
Isolation and Characterization of Adult Rat Heart Cells ,
Arch Biochem Biophys
 179 , 545 , 1977
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 82 u/ml
Medium
Kreb's Henseleit buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, female, albino, 200-250 g
Nag, A. , Fischman, D. , Aumont, M. and Zak, R.
Studies of Isolated Adult Rat Heart Cells: The Surface Morphology and the Influence of Extracellular Calcium Ion Concentration on Cellular Viability ,
Tissue Cell
 9 (3) , 419 , 1977
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Kreb's Ringers phosphate
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult, male, 150-200g
Grosso, D. , Frangakis, C. , Carlson, E. and Bressler, R.
Isolation and Characterization of Myocytes From the Adult Rat Heart ,
Prep Biochem
 7 (5) , 383 , 1977
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
MEM CF
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Moustafa, E. , Skomedal, T. , Osnes, J. and Oye, I.
Cyclic Amp Formation and Morphology of Myocardial Cells Isolated from Adult Heart: Effect of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 421 , 411 , 1976
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Perfusing solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, albino, male, 180-230 g
Glick, M. , Burns, A. and Reddy, W.
Dispersion and Isolation of Beating Cells from Adult Rat Heart ,
Anal Biochem
 61 , 32 , 1974
Cells
Heart ventricles, beating
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05-0.2%
Medium
Phosphate buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, Hebrew Un strain, 3 & 17 months, 150-210 g
Bierman, E.L. , Stein, O. and Stein, Y.
Lipoprotein Uptake and Metabolism by Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells in Tissue Culture ,
Circ Res
 35 , 136 , 1974
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Versene buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, 2-5 day
Speicher, D. and McCarl, R.
Pancreatic Enzyme Requirements for the Dissociation of Rat Hearts for Culture ,
In Vitro
 10 , 30 , 1974
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
Saline A
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 150-200 g
Pretlow II, T. , Glick, M. and Reddy, W.
Separation of Beating Cardiac Myocytes from Suspensions of Heart Cells ,
Am J Pathol
 67 (2) , 215 , 1972
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.05%
Medium
(see reference)
Heart
Rat
Rat, albino, male, 250 g
Berry, M. , Friend, D. and Scheuer, J.
Morphology and Metabolism of Intact Muscle Cells Isolated from Adult Rat Heart ,
Circ Res
 26 , 679 , 1970
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.20%
Medium
Hank's solution, CF
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult, male, 250 g
Vahouny, G.V. , Wei, R. , Starkweather, R. and Davis, C.
Preparation of Beating Heart Cells From Adult Rats ,
Science
 167 , 1616 , 1970
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Saline A
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 1-4 day old
Mark, G. and Strasser, F.
Pacemaker Activity and Mitosis in Cultures of Newborn Rat Heart Ventricle Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 44 , 217 , 1966
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
Gey's BSS
Intestine
Mouse

Mouse

Kumar, S. , Suman, S. , Li, H. , Angdisen, J. , Datta, K. and Fornace, A.
High-linear Energy Transfer Radiation Disrupts Natural Killer Cell Surveillance of Senescent Intestinal Cells in the Mouse Intestine. , Mol Biomed Vol. 7 , 2026
Cells
Organoids
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse

Mouse, adult

Kumar, S. , Suman, S. , Angdisen, J. , Moon, B. , Kallakury, B. , Datta, K. and Fornace, A.
Effects of High-Linear-Energy-Transfer Heavy Ion Radiation on Intestinal Stem Cells: Implications for Gut Health and Tumorigenesis. ,
Cancers
 16 , 2024
Cells
Intestinal stem
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Emgard, J. , Kammoun, H. , Garcia-Cassani, B. , Chesne, J. , Parigi, S. , Jacob, J. , Cheng, H, Evren, E. , Das, S. , Czarnewski, P. , Sleiers, N. Melo-Gonzalez, F. , Kvedaraite, E. Svensson, M. and Scandella, E.
Oxysterol Sensing through the Receptor GPR183 Promotes the Lymphoid-Tissue-Inducing Function of Innate Lymphoid Cells and Colonic Inflammation. ,
Immunity
 48 , 120-132.e8 , 2018
Cells
Lamina propria lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Ren HJ, Zhang CL, Liu RD, Li N, Li XG, Xue HK, Guo Y, Wang ZQ, Cui J. and Ming L
Primary Cultures of Mouse Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells using the Dissociating Enzyme Type I Collagenase and Hyaluronidase. ,
Braz J Med Biol Res
 50 , e5831 , 2017
Cells
Crypt
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 200 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 100u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
O'Rourke, K. , Ackerman, S. , Dow, L. and Lowe, S.
Isolation, Culture, and Maintenance of Mouse Intestinal Stem Cells. ,
Bio Protoc
 6 , 2016
Cells
Intestinal organoids
Enzymes
Medium
Basal Medium
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Seo, S. , Kuffa, P. , Kitamoto, S. , Nagao-Kitamoto, H. , Rousseau, J. , Kim, Y. , Nunez, G. and Kamada, N.
Intestinal Macrophages Arising from CCR2(+) Monocytes Control Pathogen Infection by Activating Innate Lymphoid Cells. ,
Nat Commun
 6 , 8010 , 2015
Cells
Lamina propria mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Beura, L. , Anderson, K. , Schenkel, J. , Locquiao, J. , Fraser, K. , Vezys, V. , Pepper, M. and Masopust, D.
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Persistence Promotes Effector-Like Memory Differentiation and Enhances Mucosal T cell Distribution. ,
J Leukoc Biol
 97 , 217 , 2015
Cells
Lymphocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 100 u/ml
Medium
RPMI-1640
Intestine
Mouse
Zhang, Y. and Hu, W.
Mouse Enteric Neuronal Cell Culture. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1078 , 55-63 , 2013
Cells
Enteric neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 400 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse, P4
Hotta, R. , Stamp, L. , Foong, J. , McConnell, S. , Bergner, A. , Anderson, R. , Enomoto, H. , Newgreen, D. , Obermayr, F. , Furness, J. and Young, H.
Transplanted Progenitors Generate Functional Enteric Neurons in the Postnatal Colon. ,
J Clin Invest
 123 , 1182 , 2013
Cells
Enteric neural crest progenitors
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Xue, X. and Shah, Y.
In Vitro Organoid Culture of Primary Mouse Colon Tumors. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e50210 , 2013
Cells
Colon tumor organoids
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Geem, D. , Medina-Contreras, O. , Kim, W. , Huang, C. and Denning T.
Isolation and Characterization of Dendritic Cells and Macrophages from the Mouse Intestine. ,
J Vis Exp
 63 , e4040 , 2012
Cells
Dendritic, macrophages
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse, 2-3 month
Becker, L. , Kulkarni, S. , Tiwari, G. , Micci, M. and Pasricha, P.
Divergent Fate and Origin of Neurosphere-Like Bodies from Different Layers of the Gut. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 302 , G958-65 , 2012
Cells
Enteric neural stem cells
Enzymes
Medium
M199
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Barthel, E. , Speer, A. , Levin, D. , Sala, F. , Hou, X. , Torashima, Y. , Wigfall, C. and Grikscheit, T.
Tissue Engineering of the Intestine in a Murine Model. ,
J Vis Exp
 70 , e4279 , 2012
Cells
Intestinal organoids
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 800 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.013%
Medium
DMEM
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Ruiz, V. , Sachdev, M. , Zhang, S. , Wen, S. and Moss, S.
Isolating, Immunophenotyping and Ex vivo Stimulation of CD4+ and CD8+ Gastric Lymphocytes During Murine Helicobacter Pylori Infection. ,
J Immunol Methods
 384 , 157-63 , 2012
Cells
Lyphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal and adult
Joseph, N. , He, S. , Quintana, E. , Kim, Y. , Nunez, G. and Morrison, S.
Enteric Glia are Multipotent in Culture but Primarily Form Glia in the Adult Rodent Gut. ,
J Clin Invest
 121 , 3398 , 2011
Cells
Myenteric plexus
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 0.025-0.1%
Papain : 10 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 100 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Ito, Y. , Kanai, T. , Totsuka, T. , Okamoto, R. , Tsuchiya, K. , Nemoto, Y. , Yoshioka, A. , Tomita, T. , Nagaishi, T. , Sakamoto, N. , Sakanishi, T. , Okumura, K. , Yagita, H. and Watanabe, M.
Blockade of NKG2D Signaling Prevents the Development of Murine CD4+ T Cell-Mediated Colitis. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 294 , G199 , 2008
Cells
Lamina propria lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse
Forbes, E. , Groschwitz, K. , Abonia, J.P. , Brandt, E. , Cohen, E. , Blanchard, C. , Ahrens, R. , Seidu, L. , McKenzie, A. , Strait, R. , Finkelman, F. , Foster, P. , Matthaei, K. , Rothenberg, M. and Hogan, S.
IL-9- and Mast Cell-Mediated Intestinal Permeability Predisposes to Oral Antigen Hypersensitivity. ,
J Exp Med
 205 , 897 , 2008
Cells
Intestinal mononuclear
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640

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.