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Figure 1. Historic development of tissue-engineered vascular grafts.
Green area above the timeline refers to studies on animals, while blue area below the timeline refers to clinical trials on human. SMCs: smooth muscle cells; ECs: endothelial cells; BMCs: bone marrow cells.