Yonsei University Wonju Campus

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Effects of Exposure of Formaldehyde to a Rat Model of Atopic Dermatitis Induced by Neonatal Capsaicin Treatment

Rafael Taeho Han¹, Seung Keun Back², JaeHee Lee¹, Hye young Kim¹, Hee Jin Kim³, Heung Sik Na¹

¹Neuroscience Research Institute & Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, ²Department of Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology, College of Medical Engineering, Konyang University, ³Division of Biological Science and Technology, Science and Technology College, Yonsei University Wonju Campus

We describe here methods for neonatal capsaicin treatment to induce atopic dermatitis in rats and exposure of vaporized formaldehyde to investigate the effects of formaldehyde inhalation on atopic dermatitis.