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Acknowledgments
The research leading to these results has received funding from
the European Community’s Seventh Framework programme (FP7/
2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 242135 (CHAARM). J.M. is
thankful to Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) for
the award of Ph.D grant. This work was supported by BOF (Re-
search Council of University of Antwerp), IOF-POC (Industrial Re-
search Fund-Proof of Concept) and Hercules Foundation. P.V.V.,
K.K.A. and G.V. are indebted to the Flemish Fund for Scientific re-
search (FWO-Vlaanderen) for financial support. The Laboratory of
Medicinal Chemistry belongs to the Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences and is also a partner of the Antwerp Drug Discovery Net-
work (ADDN). The excellent technical assistance of S. Lyssens is
greatly appreciated.
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