Arthritis Rheum 54: 2997–3000 Tocilizumab has been successfully used to treat a 26-year-old, female, Japanese patient with amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis—a severe complication of inflammatory ...

For example, AL amyloidosis occurs when plasma cells create misfolded proteins in the immune system which can travel throughout your body and build up in other organs. AA amyloidosis develops as a ...