Attenuation of natural killer cell functions by capsaicin through a direct and TRPV1- independent mechanism

1Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2Department of Microbiology, 3Cellular Dysfunction Research Center and 4Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138736, Republic of Korea, 5Pain Cognitive Function Research Center, Dental Research Institute, 6Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, School of Dentistry and, 7Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, College of Natural Sciences Seoul National University, Seoul 110-749, Republic of Korea, 8Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea, 9Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea