According to the present invention, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for use in a method of treating a wound in the
skin of a subject and methods of using the pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical composition comprising a
tetrapeptide having the
amino acid sequence U-XXGD-Z wherein G is used to denote
amino acid Glycine and D is used to denote
amino acid Aspartic acid, as per the internationally recognised
single letter code for amino acids. X denotes an amino acid selected from the group consisting of
Glutamic acid (E),
Lysine (K),
Leucine (L),
Alanine (A),
Isoleucine (I),
Arginine (R) and mixtures thereof. At the N-terminal end, U is selected from the group consisting of H, -CO-R1, - SO2-R1 or a biotinyl group. At the C-terminal end, Z is selected from the group consisting of OH, O R1, NHR1 or NR1R2. R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of
alkyl,
aryl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, alkoxy, saccharide and aryloxy group, which may be linear, branched, cyclical, polycyclic, unsaturated, hydroxylates, carbonylated, phosphorylated and / or sulphurous, said groups comprising from 1 to 24 carbon atoms and being capable of including one or more heteroatoms O, S and / or N.