GROWTH FACTOR TREATMENT FOR ASTHMA

摘要

The present invention relates to use of a growth factor which is an epidermal growth factor (EGF) analogue, a KGF or KGF analogue to treat, or protect from, 10 bronchial epithelium damage in asthma patients. Suitable EGF analogues for this purpose target the EGF receptor and exhibit ability to promote in asthma patients preferential proliferation of bronchial epithelial cells compared to airway fibroblasts.