About the Authors

Jianhui Li

Affiliations Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China, Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Center, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Noureddine Loukili

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Center, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Nathalie Rosenblatt-Velin

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathophysiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pal Pacher

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

François Feihl

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathophysiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Bernard Waeber

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathophysiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Lucas Liaudet

lucas.liaudet@chuv.ch

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Center, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, Division of Clinical Pathophysiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL NRV PP. Performed the experiments: JL NL NRV. Analyzed the data: LL PP FF BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL FF BW. Wrote the manuscript: LL PP FF.