About the Authors
- Nils Schallner
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* E-mail: nils.schallner@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- Carlos C. Romão
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Affiliations Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Alfama Limitida, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Julia Biermann
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Affiliation University Eye Hospital, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- Wolf A. Lagrèze
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Affiliation University Eye Hospital, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- Leo E. Otterbein
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Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Hartmut Buerkle
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- Torsten Loop
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- Ulrich Goebel
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Author Carlos C. Romão is a co-founder, administrator and scientific officer of the company Alfama Lda. where he has equity interests. CC Romão is an inventor in Patent-No.: US 2011/0038955 A1 2011 where ALF186 exemplifies the protection of the stomach against NSAID generated ulcers by the administration of CORMs, and is therefore irrelevant for the matter of the present article. The drug profile of ALF186 is published in detail in: Anästhesiologische Universitätsklinik Prof. Karl-Wilhelm Koch, PhD Academic Editor Public Library of Science – PLOS ONE Dr. med. Nils Schallner Hugstetter Str. 55 D 79106 Freiburg GERMANY Tel +49-761-270-23060 Fax +49-761-270-23960 E-Mail nils.schallner@uniklinik-freiburg.de Freiburg, February 25, 2013 University Medical Center Freiburg Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine • D 79106 Freiburg Cover Letter Dalton Transactions DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32174b. Author Leo E. Otterbein as a former collaborator of Alfama Lda. no longer has any professional relationship or equity interests in the company. These conflicts of interest do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NS TL UG. Performed the experiments: NS JB UG. Analyzed the data: NS JB UG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR WL LO HB. Wrote the paper: NS CR LO TL UG.