About the Authors

Ceylan D. Windolf

ceylan.windolf@uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

Tim Lögters

Affiliation Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

Martin Scholz

Affiliations Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany, LEUKOCARE AG, Am Klopferspitz 19, 82152, Martinsried/Munich, Germany

Joachim Windolf

Affiliation Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

Sascha Flohé

Affiliation Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

MS is associated with Department of Trauma- and Hand Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf as well as employed by LEUKOCARE AG. The other authors confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDW TL MS JW SF. Performed the experiments: CDW. Analyzed the data: CDW TL MS JW SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDW TL MS JW SF. Wrote the paper: CDW TL MS JW SF.