“…Total LDL from human NL plasma was isolated by gel filtration chromatography, as described previously. 13 Briefly, 10 mL of plasma was subjected to chromatography consecutively (1 mL in each chromatograph) in a Superose 6 column (Amersham Biosciences) and collected in 1-mL fractions, and cholesterol, triglyceride, apoB, and apoA-I were measured. Fraction 11, corresponding to the purest LDL fraction (apoBϭ0.20 g/L, apoA-Iϭ0.00 g/L, cholesterolϭ0.68 mmol/L, triglycerideϭ0.07 mmol/L, total volume 10 mL), was subfractionated in LDL(ϩ) and LDL(Ϫ) by anion-exchange chromatography as described above.…”