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Eye
Human
Human, 18-68 yr
Li Wei, Sabater Alfonso L, Chen Ying-Ting, Hayashida Yasutaka, Chen Szu-Yu, He Hua, Tseng Scheffer C G.
A novel method of isolation, preservation, and expansion of human corneal endothelial cells ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 48 , 614-20 , 2007
Cells
Corneal endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Eye
Human
Human
Espana EM, Romano AC, Kawakita T, Di Pascuale M, Smiddy R. and Tseng SC
Novel enzymatic isolation of an entire viable human limbal epithelial sheet ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 44(10) , 4275 , 2003
Cells
Corneal limbal epithelial sheet
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
Eye
Human
Human, 5-65 years
Von Recum, H. , Okano, T. , Kim, S. and Bernstein, P.
Maintenance of Retinoid Metabolism in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Culture ,
Exp Eye Res
 69 , 97 , 1999
Cells
Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE)
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Eye
Monkey
Macaques and baboon
Han ,Y. , Jacoby, R. and Wu, S.
Morphological and Electrophysiological Properties of Dissociated Primate Retinal Cells. ,
Brain Res
 875 , 175 , 2000
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 20-40 u/ml
Deoxyribonuclease I : 400 u/ml
Medium
Ames' solution
Eye
Monkey
Monkey, cynomolgus, young adult
Whittum-Hudson JA, Taylor HR.
Antichlamydial specificity of conjunctival lymphocytes during experimental ocular infection ,
Infect Immun
 57 , 2977 , 1989
Cells
Conjunctival lymphocytes
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Eye
Mouse

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
File
Murenu.2021.pdf (4.83 MB)
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
File
11523.pdf (1.61 MB)
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
File
11643.pdf (7.39 MB)
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
File
11689.pdf (18.04 MB)
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
File
11502.pdf (322.63 KB)
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
File
11384.pdf (1.06 MB)
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
File
11410.pdf (2.39 MB)
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
File
11443.pdf (112 KB)
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
File
11461.pdf (4.33 MB)
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
File
10831.pdf (1.15 MB)
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
File
10659.pdf (338.64 KB)
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
File
11503.pdf (1.23 MB)
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
File
10612.pdf (795.96 KB)
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
File
11583.pdf (1.52 MB)
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
File
11582.pdf (656.84 KB)
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
Eye
Porcine
Porcine, adult
Xu, N. , Chen, Y. , Dean, K. , Lu, X. , Liu, X. , Wang, W. , Dean, D. , Kaplan, H. , Gao, L. , Dong, F. and Liu, Y.
Sphere-Induced Rejuvenation of Swine and Human Muller Glia Is Primarily Caused by Telomere Elongation. ,
Stem Cells
 35 , 1579-1591 , 2017
Cells
Muller glia
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
DMEM
File
11639.pdf (1.09 MB)
Eye
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
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, Adult
Lai, J. , Cheng, H. and Ma, D.
Investigation of Overrun-Processed Porous Hyaluronic Acid Carriers in Corneal Endothelial Tissue Engineering ,
PLoS ONE
 10 , 1371 , 2015
Cells
Corneal endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
11442.pdf (7.03 MB)
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit
Hao, M. , Flynn, K. , Nien-Shy, C. , Jester, B. , Winkler, M. , Brown, D. , La Schiazza, O. , Bille, J. and Jester, J.
In Vivo Non Linear Optical (NLO) Imaging in Live Rabbit Eyes Using the Heidelbert Two-Photon Laser Opthalmoscope ,
Exp Eye Res
 91 , 308 , 2010
Cells
Corneal keratocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Hyaluronidase : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
File
11027.pdf (1.62 MB)
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand
Stramer Brian M, Kwok Michael G K, Farthing-Nayak Pamela J, Jung Jae-Chang, Fini M Elizabeth, Nayak Ramesh C.
Monoclonal antibody (3G5)-defined ganglioside: cell surface marker of corneal keratocytes ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 45 , 807-12 , 2004
Cells
Corneal keratocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : 0.5%
Medium
PBS
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, adult
Brockway LM, Zhou Z-H, Bubien JK, Jovov B, Benos DJ, Keyser KT.
Rabbit retinal neurons and glia express a variety of ENaC/DEG subunits ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 283 , C126-34 , 2002
Cells
Retinal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 26 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Eye
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, adult, male, albino,
2 kg
Johnson-Muller, B. and Gross, J.
Regulation of Corneal Collagenase Production: Epithelial-Stromal Cell Interactions ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 75 (9) , 4417 , 1978
Cells
Epithelial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS/DMEM
Eye
Rat

Rat, SD, 1-2 day

Lian, W. , Hu, X. , Zhang, J. , Wu, Y. , Zhao, N. , Ma, H. , He, H. and Lu, Q.
Fucoxanthin Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells and Promotes Parkin-mediated Mitophagy against Glutamate Excitotoxicity. ,
Neuroreport
 34 , 385-394 , 2023
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 0.5%
Medium
MEM
File
Lian.2023.pdf (1.59 MB)
Eye
Rat
Adult, female, 170-200 g
Mead, B. and Tomarev, S.
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Exosomes Promote Survival of Retinal Ganglion Cells Through miRNA-Dependent Mechanisms. ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 6 , 1273-1285 , 2017
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : with modifications
Medium
EBSS
File
11534.pdf (1.16 MB)
Eye
Rat
Rat, Wister, 3-30 wk
Cameron, M. , Kekesi, O. , Morley, J. , Tapson, J. , Breen, P. , Van Schaik, A. and Buskila, Y.
Calcium Imaging of AM Dyes Following Prolonged Incubation in Acute Neuronal Tissue. ,
PLoS ONE
 11 , e0155468 , 2016
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 30 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
File
11501.pdf (305.19 KB)
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD, 6-8 week
Vigneswara, V. , Esmaeili, M. , Deer, L. , Berry, M. , Logan, A. and Ahmed, Z.
Eye Drop Delivery of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor-34 Promotes Retinal Ganglion Cell Neuroprotection and Axon Regeneration. ,
Mol Cell Neurosci
 68 , 212-21 , 2015
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
PDS kit : per instructions
Medium
EBSS
File
11449.pdf (1.52 MB)

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.