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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2014 May 23;114(11):1757–1771. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.301174

Table 3.

Conventional and novel roles of apolipoprotein E.

Function Relevant Organ or Cells Expressing apoE References
VLDL clearance from plasma liver Reviewed in 52
Maintains homeostasis of HDL liver Reviewed in 52, 141
Regulates cholesterol distribution in signaling domains of proliferating hematopoietic stem cells Myeloid stem cells 49
Macrophage phenotypic polarization? macrophages 55