PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ockner, Robert K. AU - Bloch, Kurt J. AU - Isselbacher, Kurt J. TI - Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein in Intestinal Lymph: Evidence for Presence of the A Protein AID - 10.1126/science.162.3859.1285 DP - 1968 Dec 13 TA - Science PG - 1285--1286 VI - 162 IP - 3859 4099 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/162/3859/1285.short 4100 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/162/3859/1285.full SO - Science1968 Dec 13; 162 AB - Rat mesenteric lymph very-low-density lipoproteins of intestinal origin contain components which are antigenically identical to plasma high-density lipoprotein. Because the antigenicity of the latter most likely resides in its apoprotein (the A protein), it is concluded that intestinal very-low-density lipoproteins contain the A protein. This and other evidence supports the concept that the intestine is a source of plasma very-low-density lipoprotein.