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Enzyme(s)

Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine, 6-7 month
Hill-Kapturczak N, Kapturczak MH, Block ER, Patel JM, Malinski T, Madsen KM. and Tisher CC.
Angiotensin II-stimulated nitric oxide release from porcine pulmonary endothelium is mediated by angiotensin IV ,
J Am Soc Nephrol
 10(3) , 481 , 1999
Cells
Porcine pulmonary endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine
Shasby, S.
Endothelial Cells Grown On Permeable Membrane Supports ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 14 , 247 , 1992
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Medium 199
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine
Vischer, P. and Buddecke, E.
Alteration of Glycosytransferase Activities during Proliferation of Cultivated Arterial Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 158 , 15 , 1985
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine
Dickinson, E. and Slakey, L.
Plasma-derived Serum as a Selective Agent to Obtain Endothelial Cultures from Swine Aorta ,
In Vitro
 18 , 63 , 1982
Cells
Endothelial
Aortic
Enzymes
Medium
Dulbecco-Vogt MEM w/o serum
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine, 30-40 kg
Merrilees, M.J. and Scott, L.
Interaction of Aortic Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture ,
Atherosclerosis
 39 , 147 , 1981
Cells
Endothelial
Thoracic aorta
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Medium 199 and 0.01M EDTA
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine, 20-30 week
Slater, D.N. and Sloan, J.M.
The Porcine Endothelial Cell in Tissue Culture ,
Atherosclerosis
 21 , 259 , 1975
Cells
Endothelial
Aortas
Veins
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Medium 199 w/BSS and HEPES or NaHCO3
Endothelial
Porcine
Porcine, 60-100 days
Coulson, W.F.
The Effect Of Proteolytic Enzymes on the Tensile Strength of Whole Aorta and Isolated Aortic Elastin ,
Biochim Biophys Acta
 237 , 378 , 1971
Cells
Aorta
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Phosphate buffer
(see reference)
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-300 g
Schwertschlag, U.S. and Whorton, A.R.
Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Homologous and Heterologous Desensitization In Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 263 , 13791 , 1988
Cells
Smooth muscle, aorta
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS with 0.2 mM Ca++
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 350 - 450 g
Friedman, S. and Roll, F.
Isolation and Culture of Hepatic Lipocytes,Kupffer Cells, and Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells by Density Gradient Centrifugation with Stractan ,
Anal Biochem
 161 , 207 , 1987
Cells
Lipocytes
Kupffer
Sinusoidal endothelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.015%
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 3 mo
Nagelkenke, J. , Barto, K. and VanBerkel, T.
In vivo and in vitro uptake and degradation of acetylated low density lipoprotein by rat liver endothelial, Kupffer, and parenchymal cells ,
J Biol Chem
 258 , 12221 , 1983
Cells
Endothelial
Kupffer
Parenchymal
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%
Pronase : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, Wistar-Kyoto, male, 100 - 200 g
Diglio, C.A. , Grammas, P. , Filiberto Giacomelli, M.S. and Wiener, J.
Primary Culture of Rat Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells ,
Lab Invest
 46 , 554 , 1982
Cells
Endothelial
Cerebral
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, 300 G, and pig, 30-40 Kg
Merrilees, M.J. and Scott, L.
Interaction of Aortic Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture ,
Atherosclerosis
 39 , 147 , 1981
Cells
Endothelial
Thoracic aorta
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Medium 199 and 0.01M EDTA
Endothelial
Rat
Rat
Folkman, J. , Haudenschild, C. C. and Zetter, B. R.
Long-term Culture of Capillary Endothlial Cells ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 76 , 5217 , 1979
Cells
Foreskin
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.5%
Medium
Dulbecco's MEM w/10% calf serum
Endothelial
Rat
Rat, Wistar, adult, 170 g
Phillips, P. , Kumar, P. , Kumar, S. and Waghe, M.
Isolation And Characterization of Endothelial Cells From Rat And Cow Brain White Matter ,
J Anat
 129 , 261 , 1979
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.5%
Medium
BSS
Epithelial
Porcine
Porcine, 5-60 kg
Wiencke, A. , Kiilgaard, J. , Nicolini, J. , Bundgaard, M. , Ropke, C. and La Cour, M.
Growth of Cultured Porcine Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells ,
Acta Opthalmol Scand
 81(2) , 170 , 2003
Cells
Retinal pigment epithelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Porcine
Porcine
De Buysscher, E. , Kennedy, J. and Mendicino, J.
Synthesis of Mucin Glycoproteins by Epithelial Cells Isolated from Swine Trachea by Specific Proteolysis ,
In Vitro
 20 , 433 , 1984
Cells
Trachea
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
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Epithelial
Rat
Rat
Mei, N. , McDaniel, L. , Dobrovolsky, V. , Guo, X. , Shaddock, J. , Mittelstaedt, R. , Azuma, M. , Shelton, S. , McGarrity, L. , Doerge, D. and Heflich, R.
The Genotoxicity of Acrylamide and Glycidamide in Big Blue Rats. ,
Toxicol Sci
 115 , 412 , 2010
Cells
Mammary epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, male, 8-10 weeks old
Abou-Haila, A. and Tulsiani, D.
Acid Glycohydrolases in Rat Spermatocytes, Spermatids and Spermatozoa: Enzyme Activities, Biosynthesis and Immunolocalization ,
Biol Proced Online
 3 (1) , 35 , 2001
Cells
Seminiferous tubules
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer
(see reference)
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, male
Planus, E. , Galiacy, S. , Matthay, M. , Laurent, V. , Gavrilovic, J. , Murphy, G. , Clerici, C. , Isabey, D. , Lafuma, C. and d'Ortho, M.
Role of Collagenase in Mediating in Vitro Alveolar Epithelial Wound Repair ,
J Cell Sci
 112 , 243 , 1999
Cells
Alveolar epithelial
Enzymes
Elastase : 40 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, embryonic
Shannon JM, Gebb SA. and Nielsen LD
Induction of alveolar type II cell differentiation in embryonic tracheal epithelium in mesenchyme-free culture ,
Development
 126 , 1675 , 1999
Cells
Tracheal epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, fetal, 14-15 day
Simon-Assmann, P. and Kedinger, M
Embryonic Gut-Dissagregated Culture , Cell & Tissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures Vol. 1 , Doyle, A., Griffiths, J., and Newell, D. , John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. , 12A:3.1 , 1995
Cells
Intestinal mesenchymal and epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.03%
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, 4-14 week
Wang N, Koutz CA. and Anderson RE.
A method for the isolation of retinal pigment epithelial cells from adult rats ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 34(1) , 101 , 1993
Cells
Retinal pigment epithelial cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 65 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 220 u/ml
Medium
CF Hanks with EDTA
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, 6 day old
Evans GS, Flint N, Somers AS, Eyden B. and Potten CS.
The development of a method for the preparation of rat intestinal epithelial cell primary cultures ,
J Cell Sci
 101 , 219 , 1992
Cells
Rat intestinal epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, SD, adult, 90-120 day old, 350-450 g
Klinefelter, G.
A Novel System for the Co-Culture of Epididymal Epithelial Cells and Sperm From Adult Rats ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 14 , 195 , 1992
Cells
Epididymal epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, adult
(also hamster)
Heimann, T. and Githens, S.
Rat Pancreatic Duct Epithelium Cultured on a Porous Support Coated with Extracellular Matrix ,
Pancreas
 6 (5) , 514 , 1991
Cells
Interlobular duct fragments
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, SD, 200 g
Yassin, R. , Clearfield, H. , Katz, S. and Murthy, S.
Gastrin Induction of mRNA Expression in Rat Colonic Epithelium In Vitro ,
Peptides
 12 , 63 , 1991
Cells
Colon
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 10 µg/ml
Medium
(see reference)
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 150 - 250 g
Dial, E. , Kao, Y. and Lichtenberger, L.
Effects of 16,16-Dimethyl Prostaglandin E2 On Glycoprotein And Lipid Synthesis of Gastric Epithelial Cells Grown in a Primary Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 39 , 1991
Cells
Epithelial
Stomach
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.15%
Medium
Medium 199
Epithelial
Rat
Rodent, various (see reference)
Robinson, C. and Wu, R.
Culture of Conducting Airway Epithelial Cells in Serum-Free Medium ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 13 , 95 , 1991
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
MEM, PBS
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, 6-8 day
Chang CW, Roque RS, Defoe DM. and Caldwell RB.
An improved method for isolation and culture of pigment epithelial cells from rat retina ,
Curr Eye Res
 10(11) , 1081 , 1991
Cells
Retinal pigment epithelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, Wistar, neonatal
Jassal, D. , Han, R. , Caniggia, I. , Post, M. and Tanswell, A.
Growth of Distal Fetal Rat Lung Epithelial Cells in a Defined Serum-Free Medium ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 625 , 1991
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Epithelial
Rat
Rat (ACI/NMs X BUF/Mna) F1, male, 28 months
Rat (ACI/MNs) male, 8 weeks
Masuda, A. , Ohtsuka, K. and Matsuyama, M.
Establishment of Functional Epithelial Cell Lines from a Rat Thyoma and a Rat Thymus ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 713 , 1990
Cells
Epthelial
Enzymes
Medium
Eagle's MEM Serum-free
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, Fisher 344, male, 8 wks old,
250-300 g
Chang, L. , Wu, R. and Nettesheim, P.
Morphological Changes in Rat Tracheal Cells During The Adaptive and Early Growth Phase in Primary Cell Culture ,
J Cell Sci
 74 , 283 , 1985
Cells
Tracheal epithelial
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.5%
Medium
DMEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, Fischer, male, 4-6 weeks
Babcock, M. , Marino, M. , Gunning, W. and Stoner, G.
Clonal Growth and Serial Propagation of Rat Esophageal Epithelial Cells ,
In Vitro
 19 , 403 , 1983
Cells
Epithelial
Esophagus
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
HEPES BSS
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, Fischer, Lewis and SD, male, 10-18 months
Herring, A. , Raychaudhuri, R. , Kelley, S. and Iybe, P.
Repeated Establishment of Diploid Epithelial Cell Cultures from Normal and Partially Hepatectomized Rats ,
In Vitro
 19 , 576 , 1983
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS CMF
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, SD, female
Cohen, L.
Isolation and Characterization of a Serially Cultivated, Neoplastic, Epithelial Cell Line from the N-nitrosomethylurea Induced Rat Mammary Adenocarcinoma ,
In Vitro
 18 , 565 , 1982
Cells
Epithelial, cancer and tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Eagles's MEM
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 12 day
Malan-Shibley, L. and Iype, P.
Influence of Cultures on Cell Morphology/Tyrosine Aminotransferase Levels ,
Exp Cell Res
 131 , 363 , 1981
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS, CMF

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.