Olli Saksela

A novel vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF-C, is a ligand for the Flt4 (VEGFR-3) and KDR (VEGFR-2) receptor tyrosine kinases.

Vladimir Joukov, Katri Pajusola, Arja Kaipainen et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1996 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Angiogenesis, Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, Immunology +9

Vascular endothelial growth factor B, a novel growth factor for endothelial cells.

Berit Olofsson, Katri Pajusola, Arja Kaipainen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 822 citations · Full text

Placenta Growth Factor, Angiogenesis, Developmental Biology +14

Endothelial cell-derived heparan sulfate binds basic fibroblast growth factor and protects it from proteolytic degradation.

Olli Saksela, David Moscatelli, Andreas Sommer et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1988 · 806 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Immunology, Glycobiology +23

Proteolytic processing regulates receptor specificity and activity of VEGF-C

Vladimir Joukov, Tarja Sorsa, Vijay Kumar et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1997 · 768 citations · Full text

Proteolytic Processing Regulates, Signal Transduction, Receptor Tyrosine Kinase +5

Vascular endothelial growth factor is induced in response to transforming growth factor-beta in fibroblastic and epithelial cells.

Liisa Pertovaara, Arja Kaipainen, Tuija Mustonen et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1994 · 692 citations · Full text

Endothelial Cells, Growth Factor-beta, Cellular Physiology +16