USE OF IL-4 TO ENHANCE THE REPARATIVE PHASE OF WOUND HEALING AND REPAIR AND TO ENHANCE THE HEALING OF INFECTED WOUNDS AND THE WOUNDS OF DIABETIC MAMMALS

摘要

Methods of enhancing the repartive phase of wound healing and repair in a mammal in need of such enhancing by administering to the wound sit during the reparative phase an effective amount of IL-4, preferably topically in a collagen gel, sufficient for such enhancing. Also claimed are methods for enhancing the healing and repair of infected wounds, wounds of diabetic mammals, and wounds of immunocompromised mammals in which IL-4 is admisistered to the wound in a therapeutically effective amount.