• Swiss medical weekly · Oct 1978

    [Increase of unsaturated transcobalamine II in autoimmune diseases; effect of immunosuppressive therapy (proceedings)].

    • M Fráter-Schröder, W H Hitzig, P J Grob, and A B Kenny.
    • Swiss Med Wkly. 1978 Oct 14; 108 (41): 1604.

    AbstractTranscobalamin II (TC II) is a serum protein responsible for transporting vitamin B12 to the cells. A previous observation of a child with congenital TC II deficiency and agammaglobulinemia suggested that this protein plays an important role in the immune response. Accordingly, TC II levels ere determined in 32 patients with autoimmune disease (AID) (i.e. 26 with lupus erythematosus, 4 with dermatomyositis, and 2 with autoimmune hemolytic anemia) and in 40 patients with acquired immunodeficiency due to chemotherapy. It was found that elevated TC II levels corresponded to active phases of AID. Changes in TC II levels correlated better with the clinical course of AID than complement, antinuclear antibody or native DNA binding capacity. This suggests that TC II could be a valuable parameter in following up activity of AID.

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