Medical use of peptide(s) with polycationic amphiphilic alpha-helical sequence

摘要

The following are claimed: (A) use of a peptide comprising a polycationic amphiphilic alpha -helical sequence for prepn. of a medicament intended to modify the activity of the immune system of a human or animal; (B) use of a peptide of formula (I) or (II) as an antibiotic: Tyr Pro Pro Lys Pro Glu Ser Pro Gly Glu Asp Ala Ser Pro Glu Glu Met Asn Lys Tyr Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg His Tyr Ile Asn Leu Val Thr Arg Gln Arg Tyr (I) Tyr Pro Pro Lys Pro Glu Asn Pro Gly Glu Asp Ala Ser Pro Glu Glu Met Thr Lys Tyr Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg His Tyr Ile Asn Leu Val Thr Arg Gln Arg Tyr (II) and (C) use of a peptide comprising a specified polycationic amphiphilic alpha -helical sequence as a wound healing agent.