COSMETIC USE OF DERMICIDIN, OR ANALOGUES OR FRAGMENTS THEREOF, FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF OILY SKIN AND AESTHETIC SKIN DISORDERS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
Cosmetic or therapeutic, in particular dermatological, use of dermicidin, or analogues or fragments thereof, for preventing the appearance of imperfections, and also for the treatment and diagnosis of acneic skin or acne-prone skin. The subject matter of the present invention is in particular the use of a cosmetic and/or therapeutic, in particular dermatological, composition containing at least one amino acid sequence of dermicidin, or of an analogue or fragment thereof, or of at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding the sequence, for preventing the appearance of imperfections, and also for the treatment and/or prevention and/or diagnosis of acneic and/or oily or acne-prone and/or oily skin. It also related to a method for applying the abovementioned cosmetic composition for the prevention of the appearance of imperfections and the treatment of acne-prone and/or oily skin. It additionally relates to a method for treating acneic skin comprising the topical application to said skin of the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of acneic and/or oily skin. The subject matter of the present invention is also the use of a biomarker for the diagnosis of acneic and/or oily or acne-prone and/or oily skin.
