11. Could antimicrobial peptides ever replace the antibiotics to which so many bacteria have become resistant? 12. "Glycocins " are RiPPS that are glycosylated antimicrobial peptides . 13. Fundamental differences exist between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that may represent targets for antimicrobial peptides . 14. Antimicrobial peptides have been successively incorporated into topical therapeutics.15. Several species of insect produce antimicrobial peptides known as " defensins " and " cecropins ". 16. Thousands of antimicrobial peptides , similar to magainin, have been found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. 17. So the cholesterol in mammalian cells will protect the cells from attack by the antimicrobial peptides . 18. The most abundant one was a peptide that the team called LAP, for lingual antimicrobial peptide . 19. The beta defensins are antimicrobial peptides implicated in the resistance of epithelial surfaces to microbial colonization. 20. The probiotic group also showed decreased concentrations of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-8 but increased antimicrobial peptide hBD-2.
