high-density lipoprotein particle (GO:0034364)

A lipoprotein particle with a high density (typically 1.063 1.21 g/ml) and a diameter of 5-10 nm that contains APOAs and may contain APOCs and APOE; found in blood and carries lipids from body tissues to the liver as part of the reverse cholesterol transport process.

Specific

discoidal high-density lipoprotein particle (GO:0034365) spherical high-density lipoprotein particle (GO:0034366)

References

gene ontology: GO:0034364