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P.C. is supported by grants from Methusalem funding (Flemish government), the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Research Grant EU- ERC743074); L.M.B. is supported by a Marie-Curie fellowship. The authors thank M. Dewerchin for help with the manuscript.
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Subramanian, A., Becker, L.M. & Carmeliet, P. Endothelial metabolism going single. Nat Metab 3, 593–594 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-021-00399-3
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