About the Authors
- Lukas Martin
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Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
- Rebecca De Santis
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Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
- Patrick Koczera
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Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
- Nadine Simons
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Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
- Hajo Haase
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Affiliation Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
- Lena Heinbockel
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Affiliation Division of Biophysics, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Klaus Brandenburg
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Affiliation Division of Biophysics, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Gernot Marx
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Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
- Tobias Schuerholz
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* E-mail: tschuerholz@ukaachen.de
Affiliation Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany
Competing Interests
KB has a patent for the structure of the synthetic antimicrobial peptide 19-2.5 (Aspidasept, Brandenburg Antiinfektiva, Borstel, Germany): Patent-No: PCT/EP2009/002565, and is chief scientific officer of Brandenburg Antiinfektiva GmbH. TS received travel grants and lecture fees from Astellas Pharma, and lecture fees from Bayer Vital, Astra-Zeneca and B. Braun Melsungen, and is chief medical officer of Brandenburg Antiinfektiva GmbH. GM has received honoraria for consulting or lecturing and restricted research grants from the following companies: BBraun, Edwards Life Sciences, Serumwerke Bernburg, Hutchinson Technology, and Baxter. The competing interests do not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LM TS KB LH NS RDS. Performed the experiments: LM RDS NS LH. Analyzed the data: LM GM TS PK KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB HH LH. Wrote the paper: LM TS PK HH KB GM.