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Mouse, 2 month

Murenu, E. , Pavlou, M. , Richter, L. , Rapti, K. , Just, S. and Cehajic-Kapetanovic, J.
A Universal Protocol for Isolating Retinal ON Bipolar Cells Across Species via Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting. , Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev Vol. 20 , 587-600 , 2021
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 2-4 week
Liu, X. , Tang, L. and Liu Y.
Mouse Muller Cell Isolation and Culture. ,
Bio-protocol
 7 , 2017
Cells
Muller
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Ortin-Martinez, A. , Tsai, E. , Nickerson, P. , Bergeret, M. , Lu, Y. , Smiley, S. , Comanita, L. and Wallace, V.
A Reinterpretation of Cell Transplantation: GFP Transfer From Donor to Host Photoreceptors. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 932-939 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
PBS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Wohl, S. , Jorstad, N. , Levine, E. and Reh, T.
Muller Glial microRNAs are Required for the Maintenance of Glial Homeostasis and Retinal Architecture. ,
Nat Commun
 8 , 1603 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, C57BL/6
Blandford, S. and Baldridge, W.
The Effect of Glutamate Receptor Agonists on Mouse Retinal Astrocyte [Ca(2+)]i. ,
Biomed Res Int
 2016 , 8178162 , 2016
Cells
Retinal astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 16.5 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Feodorova, Y. , Koch, M. , Bultman, S. , Michalakis, S. and Solovei, I.
Quick and Reliable Method for Retina Dissociation and Separation of Rod Photoreceptor Perikarya from Adult Mice. ,
MethodsX
 2 , 39 , 2015
Cells
Retinal photoreceptor
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 day
Balmer, J. , Zulliger, R. , Roberti, S. and Enzmann, V.
Retinal Cell Death Caused by Sodium Iodate Involves Multiple Caspase-Dependent and Caspase-Independent Cell-Death Pathways. ,
Int J Mol Sci
 16 , 15086-103 , 2015
Cells
Photoreceptors
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
Neurobasal
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic and P0
Dvoriantchikova, G. , Perea-Martinez, I. , Pappas, S. , Barry, A. , Danek, D. , Dvoriantchikova, X. , Pelaez, D. and Ivanov, D.
Molecular Characterization of Notch1 Positive Progenitor Cells in the Developing Retina. ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , e0131054 , 2015
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 8 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 124 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Iqbal, N. , Xu, L. , Devitt, C. and Skapek, S.
Isolation and Characterization of Mammalian Cells Expressing the Arf Promoter During Eye Development. ,
Biotechniques
 56 , 239-49 , 2014
Cells
Vitreous cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Hyaluronidase : 0.03%
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 6 week
Singh, M. , Issa, P, Butler, R. , Martin, C. , Lipinski, D. , Sekaran, S. , Barnard, A. and Maclaren, R.
Reversal of End-Stage Retinal Degeneration and Restoration of Visual Bunction by Photoreceptor Transplantation. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 , 2013
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Gualdoni, S. , Baron, M. , Lakowski, J. , Decembrini, S. , Pearson, R. , Ali, R. and Sowden, J.
Isolation and Culture of Adult Ciliary Epithelial Cells, Previously Identified as Retinal Stem Cells, and Retinal Progenitor Cells. ,
Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol
 Chapter 1 , Unit 1H.4 , 2011
Cells
Cilary epithelial
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Schmidt, T. and Kofuji, P.
An Isolated Retinal Preparation to Record Light Response from Genetically Labeled Retinal Ganglion Cells. ,
J Vis Exp
 47 , 2367 , 2011
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
CLSPA : 240 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.2%
Medium
Ames
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4-5 week
Ebihara, L. , Tong, J. , Vertel, B. , White, T. and Chen, T.
Properties of Connexin 46 Hemichannels in Dissociated Lens Fiber Cells. ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 52 , 882-9 , 2011
Cells
Lens Fiber
Enzymes
Protease : 0.5%
Medium
PBS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, postnatal day 1
Jiang, C. Klassen, H. , Zhang, X. and Young, M.
Laser Injury Promotes Migration and Integration of Retinal Progenitor Cells into Host Retina. ,
Mol Vis
 16 , 983 , 2010
Cells
Retinal progenitor
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4-8 week
Kobayashi, T. , Yoshioka, R. , Shiraishi, A. and Ohashi, Y.
New Technique for Culturing Corneal Epithelial Cells of Normal Mice. ,
Mol Vis
 15 , 1589-93 , 2009
Cells
Corneal epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Eye
Mouse
Mouse
Amadi-Obi, A. , Yu, C. , Liu, X. , Mahdi, R. , Clarke, G. , Nussenblatt, R, Gery, I. , Lee, Y. and Egwuagu, C.
TH17 Cells Contribute to Uveitis and Scleritis and are Expanded by IL-2 and Inhibited by IL-27/STAT1. ,
Nat Med
 13 , 711 , 2007
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Eye
Mouse
mouse, adult
Jadhav AP, Cho SH. and Cepko CL
Notch activity permits retinal cells to progress through multiple progenitor states and acquire a stem cell property ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 103 , 18998 , 2006
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 50 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Yoshida, S. , Shimmura, S. , Nagoshi, N. , Fukuda, K. , Matsuzaki, Y. , Okano, H. and Tsubota, K.
Isolation of Multipotent Neural Crest-Derived Stem Cells from the Adult Mouse Cornea. ,
Stem Cells
 24 , 2714-22 , 2006
Cells
Stromal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Collagenase : 78 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 38 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 2-5 month
Maxeiner Stephan, Dedek Karin, Janssen-Bienhold Ulrike, Ammermuller Josef, Brune Hendrik, Kirsch Taryn, Pieper Mario, Degen Joachim, Kruger Olaf, Willecke Klaus, Weiler Reto.
Deletion of connexin45 in mouse retinal neurons disrupts the rod/cone signaling pathway between AII amacrine and ON cone bipolar cells and leads to impaired visual transmission ,
J Neurosci
 25 , 566-76 , 2005
Cells
Mouse retinal and bipolar
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Mouse
Mouse, 4 week
Su X, Sorenson CM. and Sheibani N.
Isolation and characterization of murine retinal endothelial cells ,
Mol Vis
 9 , 171 , 2003
Cells
Retinal endothelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
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

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.