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ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2025

Endothelial cell metabolism in cardiovascular physiology and disease.

Alessandra Pasut, Eleonora Lama, Amaryllis H Van Craenenbroeck, Jeffrey Kroon, Peter Carmeliet

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Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alessandra PasutLaboratory of Angiogenesis & Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), KU Leuven, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Eleonora LamaLaboratory of Angiogenesis & Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), KU Leuven, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0696-5810
Amaryllis H Van CraenenbroeckDivision of Nephrology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Jeffrey Kroon *Experimental Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.kroon@amsterdamumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-9983-6614
Peter Carmeliet *Laboratory of Angiogenesis & Vascular Metabolism, Department of Oncology and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), KU Leuven, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium. peter.carmeliet@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0001-7961-1821

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cells are multifunctional cells that form the inner layer of blood vessels and have a crucial role in vasoreactivity, angiogenesis, immunomodulation, nutrient uptake and coagulation. Endothelial cells have unique metabolism and are metabolically heterogeneous. The microenvironment and metabolism of endothelial cells contribute to endothelial cell heterogeneity and metabolic specialization. Endothelial cell dysfunction is an early event in the development of several cardiovascular diseases and has been shown, at least to some extent, to be driven by metabolic changes preceding the manifestation of clinical symptoms. Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity and chronic kidney disease are all risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Changes in endothelial cell metabolism induced by these cardiometabolic stressors accelerate the accumulation of dysfunctional endothelial cells in tissues and the development of cardiovascular disease. In this Review, we discuss the diversity of metabolic programmes that control endothelial cell function in the cardiovascular system and how these metabolic programmes are perturbed in different cardiovascular diseases in a disease-specific manner. Finally, we discuss the potential and challenges of targeting endothelial cell metabolism for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesEndothelial CellsEnergy MetabolismAnimalsHumans

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