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Post-prandial Lp(a): identification of a triglyceride-rich particle containing apo E
A M Scanu1, D Pfaffinger, C Edelstein
1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A VLDL-like particle containing the apo B100-apo(a) complex was isolated from the post-prandial plasma of subjects fed a fat meal enriched in saturated fatty acids. The abundance of this lipoprotein particle, that we call TG-Lp(a), varied among subjects but not in the same subject. TG-Lp(a), but not the classic Lp(a), contained apo E; this apolipoprotein may cause divergence in cellular uptake and degradation between these two classes of lipoproteins.