To further inestigate the role of capsaicin on the immune system, the authors challenged mice with a colon cancer cell line, which has a well-defined cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) epitope.

• 为了研究辣椒素在免疫系统中的作用，研究人员在一种结肠癌细胞系种植小鼠上实验，该细胞系具有明显细胞毒性T细胞(CTL)抗原决定簇。