Method of enhancing wound healing by stimulating fibroblast and keratinocyte growth in vivo, utilizing amphipathic peptides

A method of treating a wound of a mammalian subject in need of such treatment, to promote healing thereof, comprising administering to the subject, e.g., to the wound locus, a composition comprising a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide, preferably an amphipathic peptide which is antimicrobially effective at such locus. A method is also disclosed of stimulating the accelerated growth of dermal tissue in a tissue culture containing same, comprising applying to the tissue culture a fibroblast and keratinocyte proliferatingly effective amount of an amphipathic peptide, by which the dermal tissue may be grown to produce skin for skin grafting purposes, utilizing a dermal tissue culture containing dermal tissue material of a skin graft recipient of such skin. Novel amphipathic peptides suitable for use in such methods are disclosed.