About the Authors

Florry E. van den Boogaard

f.e.vandenboogaard@amc.uva.nl

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology (L·E·I·C·A), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jorrit J. Hofstra

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology (L·E·I·C·A), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelis van ‘t Veer

Affiliations Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marcel M. Levi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joris J. T. H. Roelofs

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tom van der Poll

Affiliations Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marcus J. Schultz

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology (L·E·I·C·A), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Novartis donated an unrestricted grant to the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, and supplied Tifacogin (recombinant human TFPI) for the experiments. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FvdB JJH CvtV TvdP MJS. Performed the experiments: FvdB JJH. Analyzed the data: FvdB JJTHR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MML. Wrote the paper: FvdB MJS.