[The preclinical assessment of the activity and pharmacological action of native human interleukin-2].

: It was demonstrated in in vivo and in vitro experiments that interleukin-2, obtained by cultivation of donor lymphocytes and purified by gel filtration, induces the production of mouse and human killer lymphocytes possessing high cytolytic activity against tumor cells. Interleukin-2 does not cause irreversible changes of the physiological and morphologic indices of vital activity in mice.