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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Protoc Cell Biol. 2020 Sep;88(1):e110. doi: 10.1002/cpcb.110

Table 1. Lipoprotein Classes.

Adapted from (Feingold & Grunfeld, 2000).

Lipoprotein Size
(nm)		 Major Lipids Major Apoproteins
Exosomes 50-150 Sphingomyelin, Phosphatidylserine, Phosphatidylcholine, Phosphatidylethanolamine (Skotland, Sagini, Sandvig, & Llorente, 2020) None reported
Chylomicrons 75-1200 Triglycerides Apo B-48, Apo C, Apo E, Apo A-I, A-II, A-IV
Chylomicron Remnants 30-80 Triglycerides, Cholesterol Apo B-48, Apo E
VLDL 30-80 Triglycerides Apo B-100, Apo E, Apo C
IDL 25-35 Triglycerides, Cholesterol Apo B-100, Apo E, Apo C
LDL 18-25 Cholesterol Apo B-100
HDL 5- 12 Cholesterol, Phospholipids Apo A-I, Apo A-II, Apo C, Apo E
Lp (a) ~30 Cholesterol Apo B-100, Apo (a)