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Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Mohrin, D. , Koukos, G. , Alabdulaaly, L. , Paw, J. , Hake, K. , Kolumam, G. , Bouxsein, M. , Baron, R. , Kutskova, Y. , Freund, A. , Liu, J. , Zavala-Solorio, J. , Bhargava, S. , Maxwell, Trumble, J. , Brito, A. , Hu, D. and Brooks, D.
Inhibition of Longevity Regulator PAPP-A Modulates Tissue Homeostasis via Restraint of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. , Aging Cell Vol. 20 , e13313 , 2021
Cells
Bone and bone marrow stromal
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Baryawno, N. , Przybylski, D. , Kowalczyk, M. , Kfoury, Y. , Severe, N. , Gustafsson, K. , Kokkaliaris, K. , Mercier, F. , Tabaka, M. , Hofree, M. , Dionne, D. , Papazian, A. , Lee, D. , Ashenberg, O. and Subramanian, A.
A Cellular Taxonomy of the Bone Marrow Stroma in Homeostasis and Leukemia. ,
Cell
 177 , 1915-1932.e16 , 2019
Cells
Bone and bone marrow stroma
Enzymes
Medium
Media 199
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Wang, W. , Majihail, G. , Lui, C. and Zhou, L.
Osteoblast Sorting and Intracellular Staining of CXCL12. ,
Bio Protoc
 8 , 2018
Cells
Osteoblast
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Agarwal, S. , Loder, S. , Sorkin, M. , Li, S. , Shrestha, S. , Zhao, B. , Mishina, Y. , James, A. and Levi, B.
Analysis of Bone-Cartilage-Stromal Progenitor Populations in Trauma Induced and Genetic Models of Heterotopic Ossification. ,
Stem Cells
 34 , 1692-701 , 2016
Cells
Bone-cartilage-stromal
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Igarashi, H. , Akahoshi, N. , Ohto-Nakanishi, T. , Yasuda, D. and Ishii, S.
The Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor LPA4 Regulates Hematopoiesis-Supporting Activity of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. ,
Sci Rep
 5 , 11410 , 2015
Cells
Bone stromal
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Kode, A.,Manavalan1, J.,Mosialou1, I. , Bhagat G. and Rathinam, C, Luo, N et al.
Leukemogenesis Induced by an Activating β-catenin Mutation in Osteoblasts ,
Nature
 506 , 240 , 2014
Cells
Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Lee, D. , Choung, H. , Kim, H. , Gronostajski, R. , Yang, Y. , Ryoo, H. , Lee, Z. , Kim, H. , Cho, E. and Park, J.
NFI-C Regulates Osteoblast Differentiation Via Control of Osterix Expression. ,
Stem Cells
 32 , 2467-79 , 2014
Cells
Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 day
Taylor, S. , Shah, M. and Orriss, I.
Generation of Rodent and Human Osteoblasts. ,
Bonekey Rep
 3 , 585 , 2014
Cells
Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%-1.0%
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, 4-22 month
Stern, A. , Stern, M. , Van Dyke, M. , Jahn, K. , Prideaux, M. and Bonewald, L.
Isolation and Culture of Primary Osteocytes from the Long Bones of Skeletally Mature and Aged Mice. ,
Biotechniques
 52 , 361 , 2012
Cells
Osteocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Nakamura, Y. , Arai, F. , Iwasaki, H. , Hosokawa, K. , Kobayashi, I. , Gomei, Y. , Matsumoto, Y. , Yoshihara, H. and Suda, T.
Isolation and Characterization of Endosteal Niche Cell Populations that Regulate Hematopoietic Stem Cells. ,
Blood
 116 , 1422 , 2010
Cells
Endosteal cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Morikawa, S. , Mabuchi, Y. , Kubota, Y. , Nagai, Y. , Niibe, K. , Hiratsu, E. , Suzuki, S. , Miyauchi-Hara, C. , Nagoshi, N. , Sunabori, T. , Shimmura, S. , Miyawaki, A. , Nakagawa, T. , Suda, T. , Okano, H. and Matsuzaki, Y.
Prospective Identification, Isolation, and Systemic Transplantation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Murine Bone Marrow. ,
J Exp Med
 206 , 2483-96 , 2009
Cells
Bone marrow
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, male, 6-8 week old
Sakai, E. , Miyamoto, H. , Okamoto, K. , Kato, Y. , Yamamoto, K. and Sakai, H.
Characterization of Phagosomal Subpopulations Along Endocytic Routes in Osteoclasts and Macrophages ,
J. Biochem.
 130 , 823 , 2001
Cells
Osteoclasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, 3-5 day, 6-8 week
Chen X. , Qian H. , Neff L. , Satomura K. and Horowitz M.
Thy-1 antigen Expression by Cells in the Osteoblast Lineage ,
J Bone Miner Res
 14 , 362 , 1999
Cells
Bone Cells, Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200-250 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, BALB/c
Takanashi, H. , Matsuishi, T. and Yoshizato, K.
Establishment and Characterization of Stromal Cell Lines That Support Differentiation of Murine Hematopoietic Blast Cells into Osteoblast-like Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 30A , 384 , 1994
Cells
Osteoblast-like Cells
Stromal Cell Lines
Hematopoietic Blast Cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, Swiss-Webster
Chen,T. and Feldman,D.
Regulation of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Receptors in Cultured Mouse Bone Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 256 , 5561 , 1981
Cells
Neonatal bone
Enzymes
Medium
Tris-buffered saline
Brain
Mouse

Mouse, adult

Joseph, D. , Deimling, M. , Hasegawa, Y. , Cristancho, A. , Risbud, R. , McCoy, A. and Marsh, E.
Protocol for Isolating Young Adult Parvalbumin Interneurons from the Mouse Brain for Extraction of High-Quality RNA. , STAR Protoc Vol. 2 , 100714 , 2021
Cells
Interneurons
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Adult and neonatal
Calvo, Belen, Rubio, F. , Fernandez, M. and Tranque, P.
Dissociation of Neonatal and Adult Mice Brain for Simultaneous Analysis of Microglia, Astrocytes and Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Flow Cytometry. , IBRO Rep Vol. 8 , 36-47 , 2020
Cells
Microglia, astrocytes, lymphocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 120 u/ml
Papain : 20 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1.2 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Kramer, D. , Risso, D. , Kosillo,. , Ngai, J. and Bateup, H.
Combinatorial Expression of Grp and Neurod6 Defines Dopamine Neuron Populations with Distinct Projection Patterns and Disease Vulnerability , eNeuro Vol. 5 , 1 , 2018
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Medium
Artificial CSF
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Swartzlander, D. , Propson, N. , Roy, E. , Saito, T. , Saido, T. , Wang, B. and Zheng, H.
Concurrent Cell Type-Specific Isolation and Profiling of Mouse Brains in Inflammation and Alzheimer's Disease. ,
JCI Insight
 3 , 2018
Cells
Astrocytes, microglia, endothelia, oligodendrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 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
Mouse
Mouse, 3 week
Luo,Y.,Coskun, V. , Liang, A.,Yu, J. , Cheng, L.,Ge, W. , Shi, Z. , Zhang, K. , Li, C. , Lin, H. , Luo, D. , Wang, J. , Lin, C. , Dai, Z. , Zhu, H. , Zhang, J. , Liu, J. , Liu, H.,deVellis, J. , Horvath, S. , Sun, Y. and Li, S.
Different Patterns of Molecular Forms of Somatostatin are Released by the Rat Median Eminence and Hypothalamus. ,
Cell
 161 , 1175 , 2015
Cells
Neural
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
PBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Baruch, K. , Rosenzweig, N. , Kertser, A. , Deczkowska, A. , Sharif, A. , Spinrad, A. , Tsitsou-Kampeli, A. , Sarel, A. , Cahalon, L. and Schwartz, M.
Breaking Immune Tolerance by Targeting Foxp3(+) Regulatory T Cells Mitigates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology. ,
Nat Commun
 6 , 7967 , 2015
Cells
Chloroid plexus
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 400 u/ml
Medium
PBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, P13-15
Haseleu, J. , Anlauf, E. , Blaess, S. , Endl, E. and Derouiche, A.
Studying Subcellular Detail in Fixed Astrocytes: Dissociation of Morphologically Intact Glial Cells (DIMIGs). ,
Front Cell Neurosci
 7 , 54 , 2013
Cells
Glial
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, P0-P15
Foo, L.
Purification of Rat and Mouse Astrocytes by Immunopanning. ,
Cold Spring Harb. Protoc.
 2013 , 421-32 , 2013
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 5 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Shah. G. , Price, T. , Banks, W. , Morofuji, Y. , Kovac, A. , Ercal, N. , Sorenson, C. , Shin, E. and Sheibani, N.
Pharmacological Inhibition of Mitochondrial Carbonic Anhydrases Protects Mouse Cerebral Pericytes from High Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis. ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 344 , 637-45 , 2013
Cells
Cerebral pericytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Ryg-Cornejo, V. , Ioannidis, L. and Hansen, D.
Isolation and Analysis of Brain-Sequestered Leukocytes from Plasmodium Berghei ANKA-Infected Mice. ,
J Vis Exp
 71 , e50112 , 2013
Cells
Brain-sequestered leukocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Saxena, A. , Wagatsuma, A. , Noro, Y. , Kuji, T. , Asaka-Oba, A. , Watahiki, A. , Gurnot, C. , Fagiolini, M. , Hensch, T. and Carninci, P.
Trehalose-Enhanced Isolation of Neuronal Sub-Types from Adult Mouse Brain. ,
Biotechniques
 52 , 381 , 2012
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1-2 day
O'Meara, R. , Ryan, S. , Colognato, H. and Kothary, R.
Derivation of Enriched Oligodendrocyte Cultures and Oligodendrocyte/Neuron Myelinating Co-Cultures from Post-Natal Murine Tissues. ,
J Vis Exp
 54 , 3324 , 2011
Cells
Oligodendrocytes, dorsal root ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 0.15%
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 6-12 week
Chung, W. , Farley, J. , Swenson, A. , Barnard, J. , Hamilton, G. , Chiposi, R. and Drummond, H.
Extracellular Acidosis Activates ASIC-like Channels in Freshly Isolated Cerebral Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 298 , C1198 , 2010
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Papain : 0.05%
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
PBS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 day
Lee, H. , Greene, L. , Mason, C. and Manzini, M.
Isolation and Culture of Post-Natal Mouse Cerebellar Granule Neuron Progenitor Cells and Neurons. ,
J Vis Exp
 23 , 990 , 2009
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Fasano, C. , Thibault, D. and Trudeau, L.
Culture of Postnatal Mesencephalic Dopamine Neurons on an Astrocyte Monolayer , Current Protocols in Neuroscience Vol. 44 , 3.21.1 , 2008
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, postnatal
Sher, F. , Rossler, R. , Brouwer, N. , Balasubramaniyan, V. , Boddeke, E. and Copray, S.
Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells Into Oligodendrocytes: Involvement of the Polycomb Group Protein Ezh2. ,
Stem Cells
 26 , 2875 , 2008
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic and postnatal
Hilgenberg, L. and Smith, M.
Preparation of Dissociated Mouse Cortical Neuron Cultures. ,
J Vis Exp
 10 , 562 , 2007
Cells
Cortical neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 4-10 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal
Brain
Mouse
Mouse, 1 day
Seaberg, R. , Smukler, S. and Van der Kooy, D.
Intrinsic Differences Distinguish Transiently Neurogenic Progenitors from Neural Stem Cells in the Early Postnatal Brain. ,
Dev Biol
 278 , 71 , 2005
Cells
Neural progenitor
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
see reference
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Oliver, T. , Read, T. , Kessler, J. , Mehmeti, A. , Wells, J. , Huynh, T. , Lin, S. and Wechsler-Reya, R.
Loss of Patched and Disruption of Granule Cell Development in a Pre-Neoplastic Stage of Medulloblastoma. ,
Development
 132 , 2425 , 2005
Cells
Granule cell precursors, pre-neoplastic and tumor cells
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 250 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal/B27
Brain
Mouse
Mouse
Klein C, Butt SJ, Machold RP, Johnson JE. and Fishell G.
Cerebellum- and forebrain-derived stem cells possess intrinsic regional character ,
Development
 132 , 4497 , 2005
Cells
Neurosperes
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM/F12

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.