Patent ID: 7393826

Claim:
A selectively delipidated biological fluid comprising a particle derivative of an HDL particle and a substantially unmodified LDL particle as compared to an LDL particle, wherein the selectively delipidated biological fluid is formed by an extracorporeal selective delipidation process comprising the step of exposing a biological fluid comprising the HDL particle and the LDL particle to a lipid removing agent, wherein the particle derivative of the HDL particle comprises a lipid bilayer comprising phospholipids and a protein shell comprising apolipoprotein A- 1 , apolipoprotein A- 2 , and at least one of apolipoprotein C-III, apolipoprotein D or apolipoprotein E, and wherein a cholesterol content of the HDL particle derivative is lower than a cholesterol content of the HDL particle.