Following digestion and absorption of dietary fat, TG and cholesterol are packaged to form chylomicrons ... VLDL remnant. The majority of the VLDL remnants are taken up by the liver via the LDL ...

Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is a broad-spectrum, lipid-altering drug, shown to increase HDL and decrease total cholesterol, triglycerides, VLDL, LDL-C and lipoprotein (a). In addition to ...

[Pirahanchi 2020;2b; Grundy 2018;8a] LDL and VLDL are the primary atherogenic particles; HDL appears to not be atherogenic, while the atherogenicity of chylomicrons is unknown. [Grundy 2018;7a ...