the current data indicate : ( a ) that the ldl receptors that appear on the surface of cholesterol-deprived , normal human lymphocytes are genetically identical to the previously characterized ldl receptors of cultured human fibroblasts and long-term lymphoid cells and ( b ) that at least one cell type in the human body , the circulating human lymphocyte , has the capacity to produce a high affinity ldl receptor that mediates the cellular uptake and degradation of plasma ldl .
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fibroblasts
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cellular