| abstract |
To increase the production or quality or repair of chondrocytes, proteoglycans or collagen, or to form or repair cartilage tissue, to treat osteoarthritis, to treat conditions where growth hormone administration is beneficial Providing a method for promoting, enhancing or improving muscle, ligament or tendon volume, repair, morphology or function, or for treating inflammatory, traumatic or genetic diseases of muscle or connective tissue . A method of administering to a subject an effective amount of a peptide comprising the carboxyl terminal sequence of growth hormone but not including the IGF-1 domain of growth hormone. A method for the treatment of a pathological condition involving deficiency of functional chondrocytes or deficiency of functional cartilage tissue, comprising a growth hormone carboxyl-terminal sequence, but not containing a domain involved in growth hormone IGF-1 production , A method of administration to a subject in need thereof. [Selection figure] None |