... Tsai YC: Autologous transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells attenuates acute lung injury in rabbits Anesthesiology 2008, 108:392-401 Hatada T, Wada H, Nobori T, Okabayashi K, Maruyama ... mobilization of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells for neovascularization Nat Med 1999, 5:434-438 Asahara T, Masuda H, Takahashi T, Kalka C, Pastore C, Silver M, Kearne M, Magner ... covering a Dacron graft that was tethered to the thoracic artery of a pig [30] The molecular characterization of the EPC is usually credited to a 1997 paper by Asahara et al in which human bone marrow...