
HDL
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HDL, lipoproteins, the good cholesterol. HDLs have 3 different origins: they can be synthesized by the liver, by the intestine, and they can be derived from surface detachment of chylomicron portions and VLDLs. In each case they have the important role of returning cholesterol to the liver: this is called reverse cholesterol transport. Nascent...