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Lipoprotein cascade.
Notes: In the circulation, VLDL is gradually delipidated, resulting in increasingly smaller lipoprotein particles, ie, IDL, LDL, and small dense LDL. The intestinally derived chylomicron, characterized by presence of apoB48, is delipidated to form the chylomicron remnant, which is taken up by the liver.
Abbreviations: HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IDL, intermediate-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very-low-density lipoprotein.
