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Journal of Lipids
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 684903, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/684903
Review Article
High-Density Lipoproteins and the Immune System
Division of Physiology and Metabolism, University of Hyogo, 13-71 Kitaohji-cho, Akashi 673-8588, Japan
Received 5 October 2012; Revised 28 December 2012; Accepted 31 December 2012
Academic Editor: Maurizio Averna
Copyright © 2013 Hidesuke Kaji. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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