Methods for treating lung infections and lung tumors and for treating and preventing lung metastases

摘要

The invention relates to methods of treating lung infections and lung tumors and treating and preventing metastases of extrapulmonary tumors by administering lipopeptides or lipoproteins having the following formula (I): chemistry chemdraw filechemistry mol file;wherein: ;R₁ and R₂, which may be the same or different from one another, denote C_7-25 alkyl, C_7-25 alkenyl, or C_7-25 alkynyl, ;X denotes S, O, or CH₂, ;W denotes CO or S(O)_n (where n1 or 2), ;Y denotes a physiologically acceptable amino acid sequence, and ;* denotes an asymmetric carbon atom.