抗菌肽是Steiner等人 [1]于 1981年在昆虫中发现的, 他们研究了来自天蚕蛹的抗菌多肽cecropins。该肽在昆虫天然免疫中发挥着重要的作用。这也被认为是第 1个真正意义上的抗菌肽。他们的发现引发了人们对于昆虫天然免疫研究的浓厚兴趣并且导致了多种不同种属来源的抗菌肽的 Antibacterial peptides are found in insects by Steiner et al. [1] in 1981 and studied cecropins, an antimicrobial peptide derived from silkworm pupae. This peptide plays an important role in natural insect immunity. This is also considered the first true antimicrobial peptide. Their discovery led to a great deal of interest in insect innate immune research and led to the development of antimicrobial peptides from many different species