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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1994
Jesse M Jaynes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gordon R Julian, Cary, NC (US);
Demeter Biotechnologies, Ltd., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
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.