[Changes in the functional activity of human neutrophils under the action of recombinant interleukin-2].

The effect of recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL-2) on the functional activity of human polymorphonuclear cells (neutrophils) was studied. The study revealed that the preliminary incubation of neutrophils with rIL-2 at a concentration of 10 I.U.

[Enzyme activity of gluconeogenesis in dietary thiamine deficiency].

Activity of the main enzymes of gluconeogenesis under food thiamine deficiency was studied in tissues of satiated and 48-hour starved rats. Starvation of control rats (with no vitamin B1-deficiency) led to increased activity of glucose 6-phosphatase (G-6-P) in the liver, kidney and small intestinal mucosa, and of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) in the liver and kidneys. Fructose 1,6-diphosphatase (F-D-P) activity in the control animals was not changed in the liver and kidneys but decreased in the small intestinal mucosa.