PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS FOR INDUCING SYNTHESIS OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS

摘要

A tetrapeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 14. A tetrapeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 7. A tetrapeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO: 9. A composition comprises a mixture of the tetrapeptides SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8. An invitro method for stimulating the production of collagen by a cell, the method comprises exposing a cell to a tetrapeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7. SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO: 9, or a mixture thereof, or a composition comprising a mixture of the tetrapeptides SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8, thereby inducing collagen production by the cell.