ATVB In Focus

The brief review by Pennacchio and Rubin1 in this issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology is the first of the Series, which highlights how innovative technology and research is breathing new life into the role of lipoproteins in health and disease. Lipoproteins have been around for a long time. Primitive lipoproteins found in worms ( Caenorhabditis elegans ) and flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ), the so-called lipovitellins, are closely related mammalian …