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Spleen
Mouse

Mouse

Comeau, K. , Caillon, A. , Paradis, P. and Schiffrin, E.
Determination of Interleukin-17A and Interferon-γ Production in γδ, CD4, and CD8 T Cells Isolated from Murine Lymphoid Organs, Perivascular Adipose Tissue, Kidney, and Lung. ,
Bio Protoc
 13 , e4679 , 2023
Cells
T cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse, 4 week
Hou, M. , Han, J. , Li, G. , Kwon, M. , Jiang, J. , Emani, S. , Taglauer, E. , Park, J. , Choi, E. , Vodnala, M. , Fong, Y. , Emani, S. , Rosas, I. , Perrella, M. and Liu, X.
Multipotency of Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells ,
Stem Cell Res Ther
 11 , 55 , 2020
Cells
Trophoblast
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Villarreal, E. , Hewgley, W. , Lang, W. , Morton, C. , Mao, S. , Wu, J. and Sandoval, J.
In-bag Enzymatic Splenic Digestion: A Novel Alternative to Manual Morcellation? ,
J Surg Res
 218 , 209-216 , 2017
Cells
Speen
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Klebanoff, C. , Spencer, S. , Torabi-Parizi, P. , Grainger, J. , Roychoudhuri, R. , Ji, Y. , Sukumar, M. , Muranski, P. , Scott, C. , Hall, J. , Ferreyra, G. , Leonardi, A. and Borman, Z. et al.
Retinoic Acid Controls the Homeostasis of Pre-cDC-Derived Splenic and Intestinal Dendritic Cells. ,
J Exp Med
 210 , 1961 , 2013
Cells
Splenic
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Yi, T. and Cyster, J.
EBI2-Mediated Bridging Channel Positioning Supports Splenic Dendritic Cell Homeostasis and Particulate Antigen Capture. ,
Elife
 2 , e00757 , 2013
Cells
Splenocytes
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Shi, C. , Jia, T. , Mendez-Ferrer, S. , Hohl, T. , Serbina, N. , Lipuma, L. , Leiner, I. , Li, M. , Frenette, P. and Pamer, E.
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem and Progenitor Cells Induce Monocyte Emigration in Response to Circulating Toll-Like Receptor Ligands. ,
Immunity
 34 , 590 , 2011
Cells
Spleen, bone marrow endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Flano, E. , Jewell, N. , Durbin, R. and Durbin, J.
Methods Used to Study Respiratory Virus Infection. , Curr Protoc Cell Biol Vol. Chapter 26 , Unit 26.3 , 2009
Cells
Dendritic
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse, female, 6-8 week
Abou Fakher, F. , Rachinel, N. , Klimczak, M. , Louis, J. and Doyen, N.
TLR9-Dependent Activation of Dendritic Cells by DNA from Leishmania Major Favors Th1 Cell Development and the Resolution of Lesions. ,
J Immunol
 182 , 1386 , 2009
Cells
Dendritic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Abe, K. , Nguyen, K. , Fine, S. , Mo, J. , Shen, C. , Shenouda, S. , Corr, M. , Jung, S. , Lee, J. , Eckmann, L. and Raz, E.
Conventional Dendritic Cells Regulate the Outcome of Colonic Inflammation Independently of T Cells. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 104 , 17022 , 2007
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Collagenase : 300 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Kang, H. , Liu, M. and Datta, S.
Low-dose Peptide Tolerance Therapy of Lupus Generates Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells That Cause Expansion of Autoantigen-Specific Regulatory T Cells and Contraction of Inflammatory Th17 Cells ,
J Immunol
 178 , 7849-58 , 2007
Cells
Splenic dendritic
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Mueller, S. , Matloubian, M. , Clemens, D, Sharpe, A. , Freeman, G. , Gangappa, S. , Larsen, C. and Ahmed, R.
Viral Targeting of Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Contributes to Immunosuppression and Persistence During Chronic Infection. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 104 , 15430 , 2007
Cells
Splenic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Benedict Chris A, De Trez Carl, Schneider Kirsten, Ha Sukwon, Patterson Ginelle, Ware Carl F.
Specific remodeling of splenic architecture by cytomegalovirus ,
PLoS Pathog
 2 , e16 , 2006
Cells
Splenic stromal
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 3 : 100-400 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Siragam, V. , Crow, A. , Brinc, D. , Song, S. , Freedman, J. and Lazarus, A.
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Ameliorates ITP via Activating Fc Gamma Receptors on Dendritic Cells. ,
Nat Med
 12 , 688 , 2006
Cells
Leukocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 43 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Schiavoni, F, Mattei, F, Sestili, P, Borghi, P, Venditti, M, Morse, H, Belardelli, F. and Gabrieli, L
ICSBP is Essential for the Development of Mouse Type I Interferon-producing Cells and for the Generation and Activation of CD8a+ Dendritic Cells ,
J Exp Med
 196 , 1415 , 2002
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse, 4-6 week
McLellan, A. , Kapp, M. , Eggert, A. , Linden, C. , Bommhardt, U. , Brocker, E. , Kammerer, U. and Kampgen, E.
Anatomic Location and T-cell Stimulatory Functions of Mouse Dendritic Cell Subsets Defined by CD4 and CD8 Expression ,
Blood
 99 , 2084-93 , 2002
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Stagg, AJ, Burke, F, Hill, S. and Knight, S.
Isolation of Mouse Spleen Dendritic Cells. ,
Methods Mol Med
 64 , 9-22 , 2001
Cells
Dentritic cells
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES/RPMI 1640
Spleen
Mouse
Mouse
Brasel K, De Smedt T, Smith JL, Maliszewski CR.
Generation of murine dendritic cells from flt3-ligand-supplemented bone marrow cultures ,
Blood
 96 , 3029-39 , 2000
Cells
Dentritic
Enzymes
Collagenase : 100 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Tonsil
Human
Human
Muto, M. , Manfroi, B. , Suzuki, H. , Joh, K. , Nagai, M. , Wakai, S. and Righini, C. et al.
Toll-Like Receptor 9 Stimulation Induces Aberrant Expression of a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand by Tonsillar Germinal Center B Cells in IgA Nephropathy. ,
J Am Soc Nephrol
 28 , 1227-1238 , 2017
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Tonsil
Human
Human
Schmidt, S. , Schenkova, K. , Adam, T. , Erikson, E. , Lehmann-Koch, J. , Sertel, S. , Verhasselt, B. , Fackler, O. , Lasitschka, F. and Keppler, O.
SAMHD1's Protein Expression Profile in Humans. ,
J Leukoc Biol
 98 , 5-14 , 2015
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Tonsil
Human
Human
Sato, D. , Suzuki, Y. , Kano, T. , Suzuki, H. , Matsuoka, J. , Yokoi, H. , Horikoshi, S. , Ikeda, K. and Tomino, Y.
Tonsillar TLR9 Expression and Efficacy of Tonsillectomy with Steroid Pulse Therapy in IgA Nephropathy Patients. ,
Nephrol Dial Transplant
 27 , 1090-7 , 2012
Cells
Tonsillar
Enzymes
Medium
Bambanker
Tonsil
Human
Human, female, 25-45 year
Grammer Amrie C, Slota Rebecca, Fischer Randy, Gur Hanan, Girschick Hermann, Yarboro Cheryl, Illei Gabor G, Lipsky PeterE.
Abnormal germinal center reactions in systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrated by blockade of CD154-CD40 interactions ,
J Clin Invest
 112 , 1506-20 , 2003
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tonsil
Human
Human
Grammer AC, McFarland RD, Heaney J, Darnell BF, Lipsky PE.
Expression, regulation, and function of B cell-expressed CD154 in germinal centers ,
J Immunol
 163 , 4150-9 , 1999
Cells
Tonsillar mononuclear cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Canine

Canine, adult

Petrouškova, P. , Hudáková, N. , Almášiová, V. , Valenčáková, A. , Horňáková, L. , Huniadi, M. and Čížková, D.
Establishment of Primary Cell Cultures from Canine Mammary Gland Malignant Tumours: A Preliminary Study. , J Vet Res Vol. 69 , 159-168 , 2025
Cells
Mammary gland tumor
Enzymes
Medium
EBSS
Tumor
Hamster
Hamster, 90-100 g
Gonzalez, A. , Oberley, T. , Schultz, J. , Ostrom, J. and Li, J.
In Vitro Charactrization of Estrogen Induced Syrian Hamster Renal Tumors: Comparison with an Immortalized Cell Line Derived from Diethylstilbestrol-Treated Adult Hamster Kidney ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 29A , 562 , 1993
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
Waymouth's MB
Tumor
Hamster
Hamster, 6 week old
Min, B. , Kim, K. , Cherrick, H. and Park, N.
Three Cell Lines from Hamster Buccal Pouch Tumors Induced by Topical 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)Anthracene, Alone or in Conjunction with Herpes Simplex Virus Inoculation ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27A , 128 , 1991
Cells
Buccal pouch
Enzymes
Medium
CMF HBSS
Tumor
Human

Human

Song, H. , Weinstein, H. , Allegakoen, P. , Wadsworth, M. , Xie, J. , Yang, H. , Castro, E. , Lu, K. , Stohr, B. , Feng, F. , Carroll, P. , Wang, B. , Cooperberg, M. , Shalek, A. and Huang, F.
Single-cell Analysis of Human Primary Prostate Cancer Reveals the Heterogeneity of Tumor-associated Epithelial Cell States. ,
Nat Commun
 13 , 141 , 2022
Cells
Prostate cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Human
Human
Jeske, S. , Schuler, P. , Doescher, J. , Theodoraki, M. , Laban, S. , Brunner, C. , Hoffman, T. and Wigand, M.
Age-related changes in T lymphocytes of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ,
Immun Ageing
 17 , 3 , 2020
Cells
Tumor infiltrating lympocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 200 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
Tumor
Human
Human
Ayuso, J. , Vitek, R. , Swick, A. , Skala, M. , Wisinski, K. , Kimple, R. , Lambert, P. and Beebe, D.
Effects of Culture Method on Response to EGFR Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells ,
Sci Rep
 9 , 12480 , 2019
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
FM Fibroblast media
Tumor
Human
Human
Phan, N. , Hong, J. , Tofig, B. , Mapua, M. , Elashoff, D. , Moatamed, N. , Huang, J. , Memarzadeh, S. , Damoiseaux, R. and Soragni, A.
A Simple High-Throughput Approach Identifies Actionable Drug Sensitivities in Patient-Derived Tumor Organoids. ,
Commun Biol
 2 , 78 , 2019
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Neal, J,, Li ,X. , Zhu, J. , Giangarra, V. , Grzeskowiak, C. , Ju, J. , Liu, I. Chiou, S. , Salahudeen, A. and Smith, A. et al
Organoid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment. ,
Cell
 175 , 1972 , 2018
Cells
Organoids
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 200-300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Tumor
Human
Human
Jiang, C. , Zhang, Q. , Shanti, R. , Shi, S. , Chang, T. , Carrasco, L. , Alawi, F. and Le, A.
Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Interleukin-6 Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Acquisition of Epithelial Stem-Like Cell Properties in Ameloblastoma Epithelial Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 2083-2094 , 2017
Cells
Ameloblastoma epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Neutral Protease : 50 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Tumor
Human
Human, 25-81 yr
Volovitz, I, Shapira, N. , Ezer, H. , Gafni, A. , Lustgarten, M. , Alter, T. , Ben-Horin, I. , Barzilai, O. , Shahar, T. , Kanner, A. , Fried, I. , Veshchev, I. , Grossman, R. and Ram, Z,
A Non-Aggressive, Highly Efficient, Enzymatic Method for Dissociation of Human Brain-Tumors and Brain-Tissues to Viable Single-Cells. ,
BMC Neurosci
 17 , 30 , 2016
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.11 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Pham, K. , Delitto, D. , Knowlton, A. , Hartlage, E. , Madhavan, R. , Gonzalo, D. , Thomas, R. , Behrns, K. , George, T. , Hughes, S. , Wallet, S. , Liu, C. and Trevino, J.
Isolation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells from a Patient-Derived Xenograft Model Allows for Practical Expansion and Preserved Heterogeneity in Culture. ,
Am J Pathol
 186 , 2016
Cells
Pancreatic cancer
Enzymes
Stemxyme 1 : 0.2%
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Baldan, V. , Griffiths, R. , Hawkins, R. and Gilham, D
Efficient and Reproducible Generation of Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Renal Cell Carcinoma ,
Br J Cancer
 112 , 1510 , 2015
Cells
Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Tumor
Human
Human
Ali, M. , Anand, S. , Tangella, K. , Ramkumar, D. and Saif, T.
Isolation of Primary Human Colon Tumor Cells from Surgical Tissues and Culturing Them Directly on Soft Elastic Substrates for Traction Cytometry. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e52532 , 2015
Cells
Colon
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Tumor
Human
Human
Liang, S. , Marti, T. , Dorn, P. , Froment, L. , Hall, S. , Berezowska, S. , Kocher, G. , Schmid, R. and Peng, R.
Blocking the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Pathway Abrogates Resistance to Anti-Folate Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. ,
Cell Death Dis
 6 , e1824 , 2015
Cells
Non-small cell lung tumor
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.