Method of enhancing wound healing by stimulating fibroblast and keratinocyte growth in vivo, utilizing amphipathic peptides
AssigneeDemegen, Inc.
InventorsJesse M. Jaynes, Gordon R. Julian
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AssigneeDemegen, Inc.
InventorsJesse M. Jaynes, Gordon R. Julian
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A method of treating a wound of a mammalian subject in need of such treatment, to promote healing thereof, comprising administering to the subject, e.g., to the wound locus, a composition comprising a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide, preferably an amphipathic peptide which is antimicrobially effective at such locus. A method is also disclosed of stimulating the accelerated growth of dermal tissue in a tissue culture containing same, comprising applying to the tissue culture a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide, by which the dermal tissue may be grown to produce skin for skin grafting purposes, utilizing a dermal tissue culture containing dermal tissue material of a skin graft recipient of such skin. Novel amphipathic peptides suitable for use in such methods are disclosed.
A method of promoting wound healing in a mammalian subject having a wound in need of treatment comprising administering to said subject a composition of a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide, wherein the amphipathic peptide comprises a peptide having a sequence selected from SEQ ID nos. 1 to 3, 5 to 38 and 40, wherein said wound is selected from the group consisting of thermal injury wounds and surgical wounds.
A method of stimulating the accelerated growth of dermal tissue in a tissue culture containing the same, comprising applying to the tissue culture a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos. 1 to 3, 5 to 38 and 40.
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