Research on antimicrobial peptides and their function
抗菌肽及其功能研究

Antimicrobial peptides are a recently discovered type of cationic antimicrobial activity peptides and are widely distributed in nature. More and more evidence indicates they are important host-defense molecules of innate immunity and play a major role in innate and adaptive immunity. Continuing researches are developing clearer understanding of these cationic antimicrbial peptides. In this review, we firstly describe their properties briefly, then focus on their direct antibacterial activities and the function of immunomodulating. Furthermore, the article introduces research on applied foreground for antibacterial peptides.