A plasma lipoprotein containing only apolipoprotein E and with gamma mobility on electrophoresis releases cholesterol from cells.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 01, 1994

Authors

Y Huang1, A von Eckardstein, S Wu, N Maeda, G Assmann

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1: Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung, Universität Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.

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