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Bone
Mouse
Mouse, 4-22 month
Stern, A. , Stern, M. , Van Dyke, M. , Jahn, K. , Prideaux, M. and Bonewald, L.
Isolation and Culture of Primary Osteocytes from the Long Bones of Skeletally Mature and Aged Mice. ,
Biotechniques
 52 , 361 , 2012
Cells
Osteocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Medium
MEM
File
10803.pdf (197.98 KB)
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Nakamura, Y. , Arai, F. , Iwasaki, H. , Hosokawa, K. , Kobayashi, I. , Gomei, Y. , Matsumoto, Y. , Yoshihara, H. and Suda, T.
Isolation and Characterization of Endosteal Niche Cell Populations that Regulate Hematopoietic Stem Cells. ,
Blood
 116 , 1422 , 2010
Cells
Endosteal cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
File
10621.pdf (3.98 MB)
Bone
Mouse
Mouse
Morikawa, S. , Mabuchi, Y. , Kubota, Y. , Nagai, Y. , Niibe, K. , Hiratsu, E. , Suzuki, S. , Miyauchi-Hara, C. , Nagoshi, N. , Sunabori, T. , Shimmura, S. , Miyawaki, A. , Nakagawa, T. , Suda, T. , Okano, H. and Matsuzaki, Y.
Prospective Identification, Isolation, and Systemic Transplantation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Murine Bone Marrow. ,
J Exp Med
 206 , 2483-96 , 2009
Cells
Bone marrow
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
DMEM
File
11407.pdf (8.69 MB)
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, male, 6-8 week old
Sakai, E. , Miyamoto, H. , Okamoto, K. , Kato, Y. , Yamamoto, K. and Sakai, H.
Characterization of Phagosomal Subpopulations Along Endocytic Routes in Osteoclasts and Macrophages ,
J. Biochem.
 130 , 823 , 2001
Cells
Osteoclasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, 3-5 day, 6-8 week
Chen X. , Qian H. , Neff L. , Satomura K. and Horowitz M.
Thy-1 antigen Expression by Cells in the Osteoblast Lineage ,
J Bone Miner Res
 14 , 362 , 1999
Cells
Bone Cells, Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200-250 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, BALB/c
Takanashi, H. , Matsuishi, T. and Yoshizato, K.
Establishment and Characterization of Stromal Cell Lines That Support Differentiation of Murine Hematopoietic Blast Cells into Osteoblast-like Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 30A , 384 , 1994
Cells
Osteoblast-like Cells
Stromal Cell Lines
Hematopoietic Blast Cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Bone
Mouse
Mouse, Swiss-Webster
Chen,T. and Feldman,D.
Regulation of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Receptors in Cultured Mouse Bone Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 256 , 5561 , 1981
Cells
Neonatal bone
Enzymes
Medium
Tris-buffered saline
Bone
Rat
Rat, 2 day
Jeon, J. , Lee, M. and Yang, H.
Differentiated Osteoblasts Derived Decellularized Extracellular Matrix to Promote Osteogenic Differentiation. ,
Biomater Res
 22 , 4 , 2018
Cells
Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM
File
11587.pdf (3.17 MB)
Bone
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 250g
Jacobs, F. , Gijsen, H. , Van de Vyver, M. and Ferris, W.
Vanadate Impedes Adipogenesis in Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Different Depots within Bone. ,
Front Endocrinol
 7 , 108 , 2016
Cells
Proximal femur stem
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
11505.pdf (379.2 KB)
Bone
Rat
Rat, 2-3 day
Taylor, S. , Shah, M. and Orriss, I.
Generation of Rodent and Human Osteoblasts. ,
Bonekey Rep
 3 , 585 , 2014
Cells
Osteoblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%-1.0%
Medium
DMEM
File
11491.pdf (5.92 MB)
Bone
Rat
Rat, fetal, 21 days of gestation
Owen, T. , Aronow, M. , Shalhoub, V. , Barone, L. , Wilming, L. , Tassinari, M. , Kennedy, M. , Pockwinse, S. , Lian, J. and Stein, G.
Progressive Development of the Rat Oseoblast Phenotype In Vitro: Reciprocal Relationships in Expression of Genes Associated with Osteoblast Proliferation and Differentiation During Formation of the Bone Extracellular Matrix ,
J Cell Physiol
 143 , 420 , 1990
Cells
Calvaria
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
MEM
Bone
Rat
Rat, newborn
Ernst, M. and Froesch, E.
Osteoblastlike Cells in a Serum-Free Methylcellulose Medium Form Colonies: Effects of Insulin and Insulinlike Growth Factor I ,
Calcif Tissue Int
 40 , 27 , 1987
Cells
Osteoblastlike cells
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Bone
Rat
Rat, fetus, 17-21 day
Peck, W. , Birge, S. and Fedak, S.
Bone Cells: Biochemical and Biological Studies After Enzymatic Isolation ,
Science
 146 , 1476 , 1964
Cells
Calvaria
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01%-0.6%
Medium
Tris-buffered saline
File
2599.pdf (599.47 KB)
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Kanda, T. , Yoshino, H. , Ariga, T. , Yamawaki, M. and Yu, R.
Glycosphingolipid Antigens in Cultured Microvasular Bovine Brain Endothelial Cells: Sulfoglucuronosyl Paragloboside as a Target of Monoclonal IgM in Demyelinative Neuropathy ,
J Cell Biol
 126 (1) , 235 , 1994
Cells
Microvascular endothelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.005%
Medium
Medium 199
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Wolburg H, Neuhaus J, Kniesel U, Krauss B, Schmid EM, Ocalan M, Farrell C, Risau W.
Modulation of tight junction structure in blood-brain barrier endothelial cells. Effects of tissue culture, second messengers and cocultured astrocytes ,
J Cell Sci
 107 , 1347 , 1994
Cells
Brain endothelial cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Miller, D. , Audus, K. and Borchardt, R.
Application of Cultured Endothelial Cells of the Brain Microvasculature in the Study of the Blood-Brain Barrier ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 14 , 217 , 1992
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 0.125%
Medium
MEM
Brain
Bovine
Bovine, adult
Machi, T. , Kassell, N.F. and Scheld, W.M.
Isolation and Characterization of Endothelial Cells From Bovine Cerebral Arteries ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 291 , 1990
Cells
Cerebral artery
Endothelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.2%
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Estrada, C. , Bready, J. , Berliner, J. and Cancilla, P.
Choline Uptake by Cerebral Capillary Endothelial Cells in Culture ,
J Neurochem
 54 , 1467 , 1990
Cells
Capillary endothelial
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Audus, K. and Borchardt, R.
Characterization of an In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model System for Studying Drug Transport and Metabolism ,
Pharm Res
 3 (2) , 81 , 1986
Cells
Endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Brain
Bovine
Bovine
Goetz, I.. , Warren, J. , Estrada, C. , Roberts, E. and Krause, D.
Long-Term Cultivation of Arterial and Capillary Endothelium From Adult Bovine Brain ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 21 , 172 , 1985
Cells
Endothelial
Brain arteries
Enzymes
Medium
Dulbecco's PBS
Brain
Bovine
Calf
(also lamb)
Poduslo, S. , Miller, K. and McKhann, G.
Metabolic Properties of Maintained Oligodendroglia Purified from Brain ,
J Biol Chem
 253 , 1592 , 1978
Cells
Oligodendroglia
Neural
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
(see reference)
Brain
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig, 200-400 g
Kay, A.R. and Wong, R.K.S.
Isolation of Neurons Suitable for Patch-Clamping from Adult Mammalian Central Nervous Systems ,
J Neurosci Methods
 16 , 227 , 1986
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06-0.08%
Medium
PIPES saline
Brain
Human

Human, fetal

Barbar, L. , Rusielewicz, T. , Zimmer, M. , Kalpana, K. and Fossati, V.
Isolation of Human CD49f Astrocytes and iPSC-Based Neurotoxicity Assays. , STAR Protoc Vol. 1 , 100172 , 2020
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
PDS kit : see reference
Medium
EBSS
File
Barbar.2020.pdf (3.6 MB)
Brain
Human
Human, adult
Spaethling, J. , Na, Y. , Lee, J. , Ulyanova, A. , Baltuch, G. , Bell, T. , Brem, S. , Chen, H. , Dueck, H. , Fisher, S. , Garcia, M. , Khaladkar, M. , Kung, D. , Lucas, T. , O'Rourke, D. and Stefanik, D.
Primary Cell Culture of Live Neurosurgically Resected Aged Adult Human Brain Cells and Single Cell Transcriptomics. ,
Cell Rep
 18 , 791-803 , 2017
Cells
Neuronal
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Neurobasal
File
11673.pdf (3.26 MB)
Brain
Human
Human
Mizee, M. , Miedema, S. , van der Poel, M. , Adelia , S. , van Strien, M. , Melief, J. , Smolders, J. , Hendrickx, D. , Heutinck, K. , Hamann, J. and Huitinga, I.
Isolation of Primary Microglia from the Human Post-Mortem Brain: Effects of Ante- and Post-Mortem Variables. ,
Acta Neuropathol
 5 , 16 , 2017
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 300 u/ml
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
DMEM
File
11604.pdf (3.1 MB)
Brain
Human
Human
Rustenhoven, J. , Park Thomas, I. , Schweder, P. , Scotter, J. , Correia, J. , Smith, A. , Gibbons, H. , Oldfield, R. , Bergin, P. , Mee, E. , Faull, R. , Curtis, M. , Scott, G. and Dragunow, M.
Isolation of Highly Enriched Primary Human Microglia for Functional Studies. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 19371 , 2016
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 10 u/ml
Papain : 2.5 u/ml
Medium
Hibernate A
File
11513.pdf (298.44 KB)
Brain
Human
Human, fetal and mature
Zhang, Y. , Sloan, S. , Clarke, L. , Caneda, C. , Plaza, C. , Blumenthal, P. , Vogel, H. , Steinberg, G. , Edwards, M. , Li, G. , Duncan, J. , Cheshier, S. , Shuer, L. , Chang, E. , Grant, G. , Gephart, M. and Barres, B.
Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse. ,
Neuron
 89 , 37-53 , 2016
Cells
Astrocytes and neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 7.5-20 u/ml
Medium
RPMI
File
11490.pdf (4.03 MB)
Brain
Human
Human
Scherpelz, K. , Lu, J.,Tycko, R. and Meredith, S.
Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1345 , 299 , 2016
Cells
Amyloid Fibrils
Enzymes
Medium
50mM Tris
Brain
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
File
11525.pdf (3.43 MB)
Brain
Human
Hussein, D. , Punjaruk, W. , Storer, L. , Shaw, L. , Othman, R. , Ottoman, R. , Peet, A. , Miller, S. , Bandopadhyay, G. , Heath, R. , Kumari, R. , Bowman, K. , Braker, P. , Rahman, R. , Jones, G. , Watson, S. and Lowe, J.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Cancer Stem Cells: Cell Cycle Dynamics, DNA Repair, and Etoposide Extrusion. ,
Neuro Oncol
 13 , 70-83 , 2011
Cells
Brain tumor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
File
11598.pdf (768.38 KB)
Brain
Human
Human
Sauvageot, C. , Weatherbee, J. , Kesari, S. , Winters, S. , Barnes, J. , Dellagatta, J. , Ramakrishna, N. , Stiles, C. , Kung, A. , Kieran, M. and Wen, P.
Efficacy of the HSP90 Inhibitor 17-AAG in Human Glioma Cell Lines and Tumorigenic Glioma Stem Cells. , Neuro Oncol Vol. 11 , 109 , 2009
Cells
Tumor
Enzymes
Medium
see reference
File
10592.pdf (587.72 KB)
Brain
Human
Human
Klegeris Andis, McGeer PatrickL.
Chymotrypsin-like proteases contribute to human monocytic THP-1 cell as well as human microglial neurotoxicity ,
Glia
 51 , 56-64 , 2005
Cells
Microglia
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/F12
Brain
Human
Human
Roher, A.E. , Palmer, K.C. , Chau, V. and Ball, M.J.
Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Alzheimer's Disease Paired Helical Filament Cytoskeletons:Differentiation from Amyloid Plaque Core Protein ,
J Cell Biol
 107 , 2703 , 1988
Cells
Neuronal
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 10 µg/ml
Medium
Tris-HCl, 50 mM, CaCl2, 2 mM
Brain
Human
Human
Gerhart, D. Z. , Broderius, M. A. and Drewes, L. R.
Cutlured Human and Canine Endothelial Cells from Brain Microvessels ,
Brain Res Bull
 21 , 785 , 1988
Cells
Microvessels
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Human
Human, 15-54 years
Vinters, H.V. , Reave, S. , Costello, P. , Girvin, J.P. and Moore, S.A.
Isolation and Culture of Cells Derived From Human Cerebral Microvessels ,
Cell Tissue Res
 249 , 657 , 1987
Cells
Microvessels
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Serum-free modified Lewis medium
Brain
Insect
Drosophilia
Hadzic, T. , Park, D. , Abruzzi, K. , Yang, L. , Trigg, J. , Rohs, R. , Rosbash, M. and Taghert, P.
Genome-Wide Features of Neuroendocrine Regulation in Drosophila by the Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor DIMMED. ,
Nucleic Acids Res
 43 , 2199-215 , 2015
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 50 u/ml
Medium
Modified Dissecting Saline
File
11595.pdf (4.96 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.