Patent ID: 6770628
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for treating a subject to stimulate hematopoiesis of hematopoietic cells other than mature lymphocytes in the subject, comprising:administering to a subject in need of such treatment an amount of an agent effective to increase the number of hematopoietic cells other than mature lymphocytes in the subject, wherein the agent is administered orally in an amount less than 1 mg/kg body weight per day and wherein the agent is a compound of Formula I: â€ƒwherein m is an integer between 0 and 10, inclusive; A and A1 are L-amino acid residues such that the A in each repeating bracketed unit can be the same or a different amino acid residue; the C bonded to B is in the L-configuration; the bonds between A and N, A1 and C, and between A1 and N are peptide bonds; and each X1 and X2 is, independently, a hydroxyl group or a group capable of being hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group in aqueous solution at physiological pH.