Biological effect of rare earth (I) - Content and distribution of rare earth in normal human plasma

The content and distribution of rare earth(RE) in normal human plasma have been investigated by ultrafiltration, FPLC and ICP-MS methods, The results showed that there are trace RE in normal human plasma, and their contents are in accordance with their abundance, The RE can bond with immunoglobulin G(IgG), transferrin(Tf) and albumin(Alb) species, but mostly bond with Tf.