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“It has been suggested that mutations in transcobalamin II ( TCN2) or gastric intrinsic factor (GIF) proteins can alter their binding efficiency to cobalamin or reduce the ability of their receptors to internalize them.”
International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition • 2019 | View Paper
“Clinicians also need to be alert to interference in vitamin B12 assays from intrinsic factor antibodies.”
The Medical journal of Australia • 2013 | View Paper
“This decreased activity could be the principal cause of the malabsorption of labelled cobalamin which was observed in the presence of intrinsic factor.”
“The dihydroxy bile acids (deoxycholic, glycodeoxycholic, taurodeoxycholic, glycochenodeoxycholic, and taurochenodeoxycholic) inhibit the binding of intrinsic factor to vitamin B12 at physiological concentrations.”
“The presence of free intrinsic factor in the small intestine has considerable physiological significance in maintaining the enterophepatic circulation of vitamin B12.”