Table 1.

Characteristic features of lipid absorption by chylomicron and HDL pathways

	Chylomicron	HDL
Triglyceride	Yes	No
Retinyl esters	Yes	No
Retinol	Yes	Yes
Phospholipids	Yes	Yes
Cholesterol	Yes	Yes
Vitamin E	Yes	Yes
Oleic acid supplementation	Increase	No effect
MTP	Required	Not required
ABCA1	No role	Important
LXR agonist	No effect	Increases
ApoAI	No effect	Increases