Patent ID: 7906480

Claim:
A method of treating vaginal atrophy in a human patient comprising administering to the patient the peptide hPTH (1-34) (SEQ ID NO: 5), hPTHrP (1-34) (SEQ ID NO: 17), hPTH (7-34) (SEQ ID NO: 8), hPTHrP (7-34) (SEQ ID NO: 19), hPTH (7-31) (SEQ ID NO: 28), hPTH (5-34) (SEQ ID NO: 9), hPTH (5-36) (SEQ ID NO: 10), [Nle 8,18 , Tyr 34 ] bPTH (7-34) NH2 (SEQ ID NO: 14), [Tyr 34 ] bPTH (7-34) NH2 (SEQ ID NO: 15), hPTHrP (7-31) (SEQ ID NO: 29), hPTHrP (5-36) (SEQ ID NO: 20), or hPTHrP (5-34) (SEQ ID NO: 21) in a dosage sufficient to enhance vaginal epithelial cell growth, wherein the peptide is capable of inducing DNA synthesis or vaginal cell growth in vitro.