Scanu A M, Pfaffinger D, Edelstein C
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Chem Phys Lipids. 1994 Jan;67-68:193-8. doi: 10.1016/0009-3084(94)90138-4.
A VLDL-like particle containing the apo B100-apo(a) complex was isolated from the post-prandial plasma of subjects fed a fat meal enriched in saturated fatty acids. The abundance of this lipoprotein particle, that we call TG-Lp(a), varied among subjects but not in the same subject. TG-Lp(a), but not the classic Lp(a), contained apo E; this apolipoprotein may cause divergence in cellular uptake and degradation between these two classes of lipoproteins.
