About the Authors

Jochen Grommes

jgrommes@ukaachen.de (JG); oliver.soehnlein@med.uni-muenchen.de (OS)

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, RWTH Aachen, Aachen Germany and Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Santosh Vijayan

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Maik Drechsler

Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Helene Hartwig

Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Matthias Mörgelin

Affiliation Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Rolf Dembinski

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Michael Jacobs

Affiliation European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, RWTH Aachen, Aachen Germany and Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Thomas Andreas Koeppel

Affiliation European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, RWTH Aachen, Aachen Germany and Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Marcel Binnebösel

Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Christian Weber

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Oliver Soehnlein

jgrommes@ukaachen.de (JG); oliver.soehnlein@med.uni-muenchen.de (OS)

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG SV MM MJ TAK CW OS. Performed the experiments: JG SV MB RD TAK HH MD. Analyzed the data: JG SV MM RD MJ TAK MB CW OS HH MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG SV MM RD MJ TAK MB CW OS. Wrote the paper: JG MB CW OS. Read and approved the final manuscript: JG SV MD HH MM RD MJ TAK MB CW OS.