Although vitamin B12 can be assayed biologically with mice, chicks or rats, the microbiological method of assay is preferred since it is more rapid and economical. One serious shortcoming of many microbiological B12 assay procedures is the lack of specificity when crude materials are assayed. Crude materials can contain inhibitory or stimulatory factors which cause serious errors in assay resul...

Abstract Objective: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Beside the known factors such as hyperglycemia in the pathogenesis of this complication, other etiologies may play role in the pathogenesis of this complication. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the role of serum vitamin D and vitamin B12 levels in this process. Material a...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of amoxapine and vitamin B12 for treating retrograde ejaculation (RE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between May 2009 and November 2012, this open-label, randomized, crossover study enrolled 26 men suffering with RE at Department of Reproductive Medicine, Omori Hospital. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups (n=13 each). The amoxapine-B12 group ...

T FIAT VITAMIN B12 IN SERUM is l)ound to protein14 has been known since shortly after the isolation of the vitamin. Endogenous vitamin B12 (which may be mainly methyl-Bi2) is bound primarily to an a1-globulin 2.6-10 hut vitamin B12 added to serum in vitro hinds primarily to -globuun (presumably because B12-binding a-globulin is normally almost saturated with endogenous vitamin B12).61#{176} hal...

AIMS Hyperhomocysteinemia may be involved in the development of brain atrophy in alcoholics. Its pathogenesis is multifactorial. In the present study, we analyse the relationship between homocysteine levels and brain atrophy, and the relative weight of co-existing factors such as liver function impairment, the amount of ethanol consumed, serum vitamin B12, B6, and folic acid levels on homocyste...

IgG1 b12 is a broadly neutralizing antibody against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The epitope recognized by b12 overlaps the CD4 receptor-binding site (CD4bs) on gp120 and has been a target for vaccine design. Determination of the three-dimensional structure of immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) b12 allowed modeling of the b12-gp120 interaction in which the protruding third complementarity...

A patient with recurrent pulmonary abscess, weight loss, and alcoholism was found to have extremely high serum vitamin B12 and unsaturated vitamin B12-binding capacity (UBBC) levels. While transcobalamin (TC) II was also increased, most of his UBBC was due to an abnormal binding protein which carried greater than 80% of the endogenous vitamin B12 and was not found in his saliva, granulocytes, o...

difference in low results: t(22) 0.08 (P 0.43). The introduction and enforcement of guidelines produced a dramatic reduction in the number of B12 samples processed, with testing reduced by 70% over the first year. Only 14.3% of the overall reduction was due to rejected samples, indicating that the majority of the reduction was due to compliance with the guidelines by laboratory users. The reduc...

BACKGROUND Older people have a high risk of vitamin B12 deficiency; this can lead to varying degrees of cognitive and neurological impairment. CBL deficiency may present as macrocytic anemia, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, or as neuropathy, but is often asymptomatic in older people. Less is known about subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency and concurrent neuroconduction and cog...