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National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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Although apolipoprotein (apo)A-I and apoB are measured by many laboratories as an adjunct to HDL and LDL concentrations, respectively, lipoproteins contain numerous other proteins, some of which have a profound effect on lipoprotein metabolism. ApoE, for example, resides on both antiatherogenic HDL particles and on proatherogenic apoB-containing lipoproteins, thus confounding the usefulness of apoE as a cardiovascular risk marker in unfractionated samples. Nevertheless, apoE has many different roles in lipoprotein metabolism, some of which
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