T Miida et al.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 20(11), 2428-2433 (2000-11-14)
Prebeta1-high density lipoprotein (prebeta1-HDL), the initial acceptor of cell-derived cholesterol, can be generated from HDL(2) by hepatic lipase. Because bezafibrate elevates lipase activity, it may increase prebeta1-HDL at the expense of HDL(2). To answer this question, we determined the apolipoprotein