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Table 5.2.

Composition of plasmatic ^L1LDL and ^L5LDL (low-density lipoprotein subfractions) from hypercholesterolemic humans (Sources: [769, 771])

^L1LDL	^L5LDL
Core
CE (38%), TG (4%)	CE (20%), TG (7%)
Periphery
Proteins (25%)	Proteins (40%)
ApoB100 (99% LDL proteins)	ApoB100 (60% LDL proteins),
	ApoA1, ApoC3, ApoE, Apo_A
CS (8%), PLd (25%)	CS (8%), PLd (25%)

Spherical LDLs contain an apolipoproteic (Apo) framework, phospholipids (PLd) and free cholesterol (CS) on their surface, and triglycerides (TG) and cholesteryl esters (CE) at their core. Compared with ^L1LDL, ^L5LDL has a greater content of proteins and TGs, but a smaller amount of cholesteryl esters