Antimicrobial/endotoxin neutralizing polypeptide

摘要

The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating or preventing a disease resulting from a microbial infection in an individual using an antimicrobial polypeptide. The present invention also provides a method of potentiating the therapeutic action of an antimicrobial drug in a patient. Further provided in the present invention are methods for neutralizing circulating endotoxin in a patient by administering the endotoxin-neutralizing polypeptide or functional variant thereof of the present invention to the patient.