About the Authors

Linda Pauksch

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Trauma Surgery, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Sonja Hartmann

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Trauma Surgery, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Gabor Szalay

Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany

Volker Alt

Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany

Katrin S. Lips

Katrin.S.Lips@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Laboratory for Experimental Trauma Surgery, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS VA KSL. Performed the experiments: LP SH. Analyzed the data: LP SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: LP SH GS VA KSL. Approved the final version of the manuscript: LP SH GS VA KSL.