The term “lipophorin” was proposed by Chino and colleagues
(Chino et al., 1981) to name the insect diacylglycerol-carrying
lipoproteins that, with hydrated densities comparable to mammal
HDL, transport lipids from sites of absorption or storage to sites of
utilization. The presence of two apoproteins of 250–280 and 78–
85 kDa, respectively, is a characteristic of lipophorins