PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAcademic LectureImmunochemical Studies on Human Gastro-Intestinal Tumors Section A: Lipoproteins Introduction Conceptual Development of the Classification Systems of Plasma Lipoproteins A1. Composition and Structure Isolation of Lipoproteins from Human Serum by Precipitation with Polyanions and Divalent Cations A Comparison between HDL Lipoproteins and Apoprotein-Phosphatidylcholine Cenapses Comparative Studies on Different Lipid-Staining Procedures, Especially for Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis Characteristics of Six Fractions Obtained from Human High Density Lipoprotein Electrofocusing of Normal Apolipoproteins and the Amino Acids of Their Subfractions Studies on the "Native" and the In Vitro-Obtained Apoprotein of Duck Serum HDL Identification of Lipoprotein Families in High Density Lipoproteins of Normal Human Plasma The Use of Streptolysin O as a Macromolecular Marker of Free Cholesterol in the ß-Lipoprotein Molecule Salting-In Gel Chromatographic Separation of Serum Low Density Lipoproteins on Sephadex Columns Lipid Composition of Lipoprotein Fractions Studies on the Proteins of Cat Lymph Chylomicrons Role of Serum Lipoproteins in Hemolysis Induced by Vipera aspis Venom Phospholipases Agarose Gel, Cellulose Acetate, and Polyacrylamide Gel Lipoprotein Electrophoresis-A Comparison of Methods Staining of Lipoproteins in Cellulose Acetate Membrane Oxygenated Sterol Esters of Human Atherosclerotic Plaques A2. Synthesis and Degradation Comparative Studies on the In Vitro Effects of Delipidation with Organic Solvents, Enzymatic Lipolysis, Action of Anionic, Non-Ionic and Cationic Detergents and the In Vivo Effect of Lipoprotein-lipase on Duck Serum a-Lipoprotein Study of the Human Serum ß-Lipoprotein Antigenicity according to Its Degree of Delipidation Influence of Cholesterol on the Concentration, Composition and Synthesis of Chicken Serum Lipoproteins Isovaleric Acid in Acoustic Tissues of Porpoises: Triacylglycerols Resistant to Porcine Pancreatic Lipase Effect of Clofibrate on Lipoprotein Metabolism Biosynthesis of Plasma Glycolipoproteins Human Intestinal Lipoprotein Particle Synthesis and Transport The Metabolism of the Plasma Cholesterol in Man Metabolism of Very Low Density Lipoproteins in Diabetes Mellitus A3. Genetics The Ag-System-Present Concepts and Immunogenetic Models Serology and Genetics of the Ag-System Genetic Polymorphisms of Lipoproteins Immunological Relationship and Chemical Similarities between HDL Lipoproteins from Various Mammalian and Avian Species On the Significance of the El (BA) Variants Subunit Structure of the Lp(a) Lipoprotein The Isolation and Partial Purification of Low Density Lipoproteins Carrying the Ag(x) and Ag(y) Antigenic Determinants A Serum Type of Isoprecipitin System of HD Lipoproteins Plasma Lipoprotein Distribution in Normal Children and Adults of Different Ages A4. Function The Arterial Foam Cell-In Vitro and In Vivo Studies A New Method of Preparation for the Apoprotein Moiety from Folch-Pi Proteolipid Evidence for a Covalent Bond between Lipid and a Membrane Protein (Rigid Layer of the Cell Wall of E.