Most of the lipid taken into or manufactured in the liver leaves the liver in the form of VLDL. Most of the triglycerides are removed from the VLDL to be stored in adipose tissue; as a result, VLDL becomes LDL. Cells have surface LDL receptors, which bind to LDL proteins. The cells then take in the LDL by receptormediated endocytosis. Thus, phospholipids and cholesterol are delivered to cells.