What is the best model of atopic dermatitis in mice?

Yael Shushlav @Yael_Shushlav

12 December 2016 1 9K Report

And where can I purchase NC/Nga mice?

I want to evaluate a compound similar to Tacrolimus and I need the most relevant model to investigate TH2 interleukins.

Yael Shushlav

Thanks.

I read that a similar model could be made with BALBs.

Did anyone tried it?

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