| abstract |
The present invention treats conditions in which growth hormone administration is beneficial, treats osteoarthritis, increases chondrocytes, proteoglycans or collagen production or vaginal or repair, or promotes cartilage tissue formation or repair, muscle, ligament or Growth hormone responsible for IGF-1 production and carboxyl-terminal sequence of growth hormone to promote or improve tendon mass, repair, form or function, or to treat inflammatory, traumatic or hereditary diseases of muscle or connective tissue Provided is a method comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a peptide comprising a non-domain. The invention also provides a method for treating conditions associated with insufficiently functional chondrocytes or poorly functioning cartilage tissue, the peptide comprising a carboxyl-terminal sequence of growth hormone and not an IGF-1 domain of growth hormone. It also provides a method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof. |