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Mattonet K, Wilting J, Jeltsch M. The genetic causes of primary lymphedema. In: Weissleder H, Schuchhardt C. Erkrankungen des Lymphgefäßsystems. 6th ed. Cologne: Viavital Verlag; 2015. pp. 210-229. 

Dashkevich A, Raissadati A, Syrjälä SO, Zarkada G, Keränen MAI, Tuuminen R, et al.. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Enhances Lymphatic Endothelial VEGFR3 and Rejection in Cardiac Allografts. American Journal of Transplantation [Internet]. 2015;16(4):1160-1172. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajt.13564/abstract

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Saharinen P, Jeltsch M, Santoyo MM, Leppänen V-M, Alitalo K. The TIE Receptor Family. In: Wheeler DL, Yarden Y. Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: Family and Subfamilies [Internet]. Springer International Publishing; 2015. pp. 743-775. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-11888-8_16.pdf

Jeltsch M, Leppänen V-M, Saharinen P, Alitalo K. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Mediated Angiogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology [Internet]. 2013;5(9). http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/5/9/a009183

Leppänen V-M, Tvorogov D, Kisko K, Prota AE, Jeltsch M, Anisimov A, et al.. Structural and mechanistic insights into VEGF receptor 3 ligand binding and activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Internet]. 2013;110(32):12960 - 12965. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/32/12960.long

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Saharinen P, Helotera H, Miettinen J, Norrmen C, D'Amico G, Jeltsch M, et al.. Claudin-like protein 24 interacts with the VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 pathways and regulates lymphatic vessel development. Genes Dev [Internet]. 2010;24(9):875 - 80. http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20439428

Leppänen V-M, Prota AE, Jeltsch M, Anisimov A, Kalkkinen N, Strandin T, et al.. Structural determinants of growth factor binding and specificity by VEGF receptor 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Internet]. 2010;107(6):2425 - 30. http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20145116

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Enholm B, Karpanen T, Jeltsch M, Kubo H, Stenback F, Prevo R, et al.. Adenoviral expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C induces lymphangiogenesis in the skin. Circ Res [Internet]. 2001;88(6):623 - 9. http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11282897

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