A Molecular Look at High-density Lipoprotein Formation (IMAGE)

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A Molecular Look at High-density Lipoprotein Formation

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Researchers at Boston University used a truncated version of Apolipoprotein A-I, shown here, to determine conclusively that the protein needs to bind to lipid transporter ABCA1 to begin to form high-density lipoproteins, the "good cholesterol" particles that transport cholesterol to the liver for disposal.

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Liu et al. JLR 2018

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With attribution to Liu et al. and a link to <a target="_blank"href="http://www.jlr.org/content/early/2018/09/24/jlr.M084376.abstract">http://www.jlr.org/content/early/2018/09/24/jlr.M084376.abstract</a>

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