certain lipoproteins are deemed to be atherogenic because ( a ) they are found in plasmas of patients with various dyslipoproteinemias who also have atherosclerosis , ( b ) they appear in plasmas and arterial walls of animals during the experimental induction of atherosclerosis , and ( c ) they convert cultured macrophages and arterial smooth muscle cells into lipid-laden foam cells such as are found in atherosclerotic lesions .
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lipoproteins
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lipid