Saks was a German regional name from Saxony (originally Sachsen). The region is so called after the Germanic tribe which settled there in Roman times.

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A novel vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF‐C, is a ligand for the Flt4 (VEGFR‐3) and KDR (VEGFR‐2) receptor tyrosine kinases.
Proteolytic processing regulates receptor specificity and activity of VEGF‐C
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