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Pancreas
Human
Human, infant, age 1 day-1 year
Sutherland, D. , Matas, A. , Steffes, M. and Najarian, J.
Infant Human Pancreas: A Potential Source of Islet Tissue for Transplantation ,
Diabetes
 25 (12) , 1123 , 1976
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 170-210 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Monkey
Monkey, 3-5 Kg
Scharp, D. , Murphy, J. , Newton, W. , Ballinger, W. and Lacy, P.
Application of an Improved Isolation Technique for Islet Transplantation in Primates and Rats ,
Transplant Proc
 7 , 739 , 1975
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Low, L. , Zavortink, M. , Mitchell, J. , Gan, W. , Do, O. , Schwiening, C. , Gaisano, H. and Thorn, P.
Insulin Secretion from Beta Cells in Intact Mouse Islets is Targeted Towards the Vasculature ,
Diabetologia
 57 , 1655 , 2014
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
11622.pdf (2.91 MB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Koh, D. , Moody, M. and Jo, J.
Collection of Islets of Langerhans using an Equilibrium Method. ,
Biotechniques
 55 , 34-7 , 2013
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1-0.25%
Medium
HBSS
File
11010.pdf (2.35 MB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 8-12 week
Huch, M. , Bonfanti, P. , Boj, S. , Sato, T. , Loomans, C. , Van de Wetering, M. , Sojoodi, M. , Li, V. , Schuijers, J. , Gracanin, A. , Ringnalda, F. , Begthel, H. , Hamer, K. , Mulder, J. , Van Es, J. and De Koning, E.
Unlimited In Vitro Expansion of Adult Bi-Potent Pancreas Progenitors Through the Lgr5/R-Spondin Axis. ,
EMBO J
 32 , 2708-21 , 2013
Cells
Pancreas organoid
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.012%
Collagenase : 0.012%
Medium
DMEM
File
11021.pdf (2.37 MB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, embryonic
Greggio, C. , De Franceschi, F. , Figueiredo-Larsen, M. , Gobaa, S. , Ranga, A. , Semb, H. , Lutolf, M. and Grapin-Botton, A.
Artificial Three-Dimensional Niches Deconstruct Pancreas Development In Vitro. ,
Development
 140 , 4452-62 , 2013
Cells
Pancreatic progenitor
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM
File
11023.pdf (4.01 MB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Bertera, S. , Balamurugan, A. , Bottino, R. , He, J. and Trucco, M.
Increased Yield and Improved Transplantation Outcome of Mouse Islets with Bovine Serum Albumin. ,
J Transplant
 2012 , 856386 , 2012
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
RPMI 1640
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Ding, G. , Wang, F. , Shu, J. , Tian, S. , Jiang, Y. , Zhang, D. , Wang, N. , Luo, Q. , Zhang, Y. , Jin, F. , Leung, P. , Sheng, J. and Huang, H.
Transgenerational Glucose Intolerance with Igf2/H19 Epigenetic Alterations in Mouse Islet Induced by Intrauterine Hyperglycemia. ,
Diabetes
 61 , 1133-42 , 2012
Cells
Islet
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI-1640
File
11623.pdf (2.03 MB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 10 week
Kobayashi, T. , Yamaguchi, T. , Hamanaka, S. , Kato-Itoh, M. , Yamazaki, Y. , Ibata, M. , Sato, H. , Lee, Y. , Usui, J. , Knisely, A. , Hirabayashi, M. and Nakauchi, H.
Generation of Rat Pancreas in Mouse by Interspecific Blastocyst Injection of Pluripotent Stem Cells. ,
Cell
 142 , 787 , 2010
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
RPMI 1640
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 month
Taguchi, Y. , Tasaki, Y. , Terakado, K. , Kobayashi, K. , Machida, T. and Kobayashi, T.
Impaired Insulin Secretion from the Pancreatic Islets of Hypothyroidal Growth-Retarded Mice. ,
J Endocrinol
 206 , 195-204 , 2010
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Li, D. , Yuan, Y. , Tu, H. , Liang, Q. and Dai, L.
A Protocol for Islet Isolation from Mouse Pancreas. ,
Nat Protoc
 4 , 1649 , 2009
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 1,000 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Carter, J. , Dula, S. , Corbin, K. , Wu, R. and Nunemaker, C.
A Practical Guide to Rodent Islet Isolation and Assessment. ,
Biol Proced Online
 11 , 3 , 2009
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.14%
Medium
RPMI 1640
File
11054.pdf (644.09 KB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, adult, male
Ji, B. , Gaiser, S. , Chen, X. , Ernst, S. and Logsdon, C.
Intracellular Trypsin Induces Pancreatic Acinar Cell Death but not NF-KappaB Activation. ,
J Biol Chem
 284 , 17488 , 2009
Cells
Ancinar
Enzymes
CLSPA : see reference
Medium
DMEM
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 3-4 week, 20-24 g
Huang, H. , Xie, Q. , Kang, M. , Zhang, B. , Zhang, H. , Chen, J. , Zhai, C. , Yang, D. , Jiang, B. and Wu, Y.
Labeling Transplanted Mice Islet with Polyvinylpyrrolidone Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for In Vivo Detection By Magnetic Resonance Imaging. ,
Nanotechnology
 20 , 365101 , 2009
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1540
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Szot, G. , Koudria, P. and Bluestone, J.
Murine Pancreatic Islet Isolation. ,
J Vis Exp
 7 , 255 , 2007
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.03-0.08%
Medium
RPMI 1640
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 6-10 month
Wang, Y. , Soyombo, A. , Shcheynikov, N. , Zeng, W. , Dorwart, M. , Marino, C. , Thomas, P. and Muallem, S.
Slc26a6 Regulates CFTR Activity In Vivo to Determine Pancreatic Duct HCO3- Secretion: Relevance to Cystic Fibrosis. ,
EMBO J
 25 , 5049 , 2006
Cells
Pancreatic ductal
Enzymes
CLSPA : 50 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 400 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
File
10607.pdf (419.04 KB)
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, adult
Voronina, S. , Barrow, S. , Gerasimenko, O. , Petersen, O. and Tepikin, A.
Effects of Secretagogues and Bile Acids on Mitochondrial Membrane Potential of Pancreatic Acinar Cells: Comparison of Different Modes of Evaluating Delta Psi. ,
J Biol Chem
 279 , 27327 , 2004
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
CLSPA : 200 u/ml
Medium
see reference
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 11-12 week
Astrof, S. , Crowley, D. , George, E. , Fukuda, T. , Sekiguchi, K. , Hanahan, D. and Hynes, R.
Direct Test of Potential Roles of EIIIA and EIIIB Alternatively Spliced Segments of Fibronectin in Physiological and Tumor Angiogenesis. ,
Mol Cell Biol
 24 , 8662-70 , 2004
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Wu Yulian, Han Bing, Luo Hongyu, Roduit Raphael, Salcedo TheodoraW, Moore PaulA, Zhang Jun, Wu Jiangping.
DcR3/TR6 effectively prevents islet primary nonfunction after transplantation ,
Diabetes
 52 , 2279-86 , 2003
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Haefliger Jacques-Antoine, Tawadros Thomas, Meylan Laure, Gurun SabineLe, Roehrich Marc-Estienne, Martin David, Thorens Bernard, Waeber Gerard.
The scaffold protein IB1/JIP-1 is a critical mediator of cytokine-induced apoptosis in pancreatic beta cells ,
J Cell Sci
 116 , 1463-9 , 2003
Cells
Pancreatic islet
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, BALB/c, 6-8 week-old, either sex
Kurup, S. and Bhonde, R.
Analysis and Optimization of Nutritional Set-up for Murine Pancreatic Acinar Cells ,
JOP
 3 (1) , 8 , 2002
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Waymouth's MB
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, albino, 25 g
Fogarty, K. , Kidd, J. , Tuft, R. and Thorn, P.
A Bimodal Pattern of InsP(3)-Evoked Elementary Ca(2+) Signals in Pancreatic Acinar Cells. ,
Biophys J
 78 , 2298 , 2000
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
CLSPA : see reference
Medium
see reference
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Strowski M, Parmar R, Blake A, Schaeffer J.
Somatostatin inhibits insulin and glucagon secretion via two receptors subtypes: an in vitro study of pancreatic islets from somatostatin receptor 2 knockout mice ,
Endocrinology
 141 , 111-7 , 2000
Cells
Pancreatic islets
Enzymes
Medium
Gey's BSS
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Koster, J. , Marshall, B. , Ensor, N. , Corbett, J. and Nichols, C.
Targeted Overativity of Cell KATP Channels Induces Profound Neonatal Diabetes ,
Cell
 100 , 645 , 2000
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Medium
CF Medium
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Toivola, D. , Ku, N. , Ghori, N. , Lowe, A. , Michie, S. and Omary, M.
Effects of Keratin Filament Disruption on Exocrine Pancreas-Stimulated Secretion and Susceptibility to Injury. ,
Exp Cell Res
 255 , 156 , 2000
Cells
Acinar cells and acini
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : see reference
CLSPA : see reference
Medium
see reference
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Githens, S.
Pancreatic Duct Epithelial Cells , Cell & Tissue Culture: Laboratory Procedures Vol. 1 , Doyle, A., Griffiths, J., and Newell, D. , John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. , 12B:12.1 , 1995
Cells
Duct
Enzymes
Papain : 25 u/ml
Medium
DMEM /F-12
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse
Jauch, P. , Peterson, O. and Lauger, P.
Electrogenic Properties of the Na-Alanine Cotransporter in Acinar Cells ,
J Membr Biol
 94 , 99 , 1986
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
Collagenase : 100 u/ml
Medium
HEPES
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse (C57BL/6J-ob/ob), 9-12 wks, male
Dalpe-Scott, M. , Heick, H. and Begin-Heick, N.
Secretion in the Obese (ob/ob) Mouse. The Effect of Oxytetracycline on Insulin Release ,
Diabetes
 32 , 932 , 1983
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.5%
Medium
Kreb's Ringer bicarbonate buffer
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, male, 18-24 g
Burnham DB, Williams JA.
Effects of carbachol, cholecystokinin, and insulin on protein phosphorylation in isolated pancreatic acini ,
J Biol Chem
 257 , 10523-8 , 1982
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
CLSPA : 70-90 u/ml
Medium
Krebs-Henseleit
Pancreas
Mouse
Mouse, 7-10 week
Yesil, P, Michel, M. , Chwalek, K. , Pedack, S. , Jany, C. , Ludwig, B. , Bornstein, S. and Lammert, E.
A New Collagenase Blend Increases the Number of Islets Isolated from Mouse Pancreas. ,
Islets
 1 , 185
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : see reference
Medium
DMEM
File
10614.pdf (854.46 KB)
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine, juvenile
Van der Burg Michael P M, Graham John M.
Iodixanol Density Gradient Preparation in University of Wisconsin solution for porcine islet purification ,
ScientificWorldJournal
 3 , 1154-9 , 2003
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : see reference
Medium
Univ of Wisconsin solution
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine, 3 month, 15-20 kg
Zhao, X. , Han, J. and Tang, C.
Primary Culture of Porcine Pancreatic Acinar Cells ,
JOP
 2 (2) , 78 , 2001
Cells
Acinar
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 3 : 200 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine, 1-3 year, 1.5-2.0 kg, either sex
Korbutt, G. , Elliott, J. , Ao, Z. , Smith, D. , Warnock, G. and Rajotte, R.
Large Scale Isolation, Growth, and Function of Porcine Neonatal Islet Cells ,
J Clin Invest
 97 (9) , 2119 , 1996
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine, female
Brandhorst, D. , Brandhorst, H. , Hering, B. , Federlin, K. and Bretzel, R.
Islet Isolation from the Pancreas of Large Mammals and Humans: 10 Years of Experience ,
Exp Clin Endocrinol
 103 , 3 , 1995
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine
Johnson, P. , van Suylichem, P. , Roberts, D. , Vos-Scheperkeuter, G. , White, S. , van Schlifgaarde, R. and London, N.
Design of a Simple, in vitro Method for Evaluation of the Efficiency of Crude Clostridium histolyticum Collagenase and its Components for Porcine Islet Isolation ,
Xenotransplantation
 2 , 165 , 1995
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%-0.2%
Medium
HBSS
Pancreas
Porcine
Porcine, <2 year, 200-250 kg
Heiser, A. , Ulrichs, K. and Muller-Ruchholtz, W.
Isolation of Porcine Pancreatic Islets: Low Trypsin Activity During the Isolation Procedure Guarantees Reproducible High Islet Yields ,
J Clin Lab Anal
 8 , 407 , 1994
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS

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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.