Promoting wound healing by administering a prostaglandin E and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
AssigneeMedical Research Council
InventorRodney Kelly
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Abstract
A method of promoting healing of a wound in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient (i) a prostaglandin E (PGE) or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GMCSF) or a derivative thereof. Use of (i) a PGE or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) GMCSF or a derivative thereof in the preparation of a medicament for promoting healing of a wound in a patient. A wound dressing, bandage or fibrin glue comprising (i) a PGE or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) GMCSF or a derivative thereof.
Claims17
A method of promoting healing of a wound in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient, within the first four days following wounding, (i) a prostaglandin E (PGE) or an agonist thereof and (ii) granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GMCSF) or a derivative thereof, wherein the method does not include administering a skin stem cell to the patient and said administering is carried out by applying to the wound a wound dressing or bandage that comprises (i) and (ii).
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