About the Authors

Daniel Rittirsch

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Michael A. Flierl

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Danielle E. Day

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Brian A. Nadeau

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Firas S. Zetoune

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

J. Vidya Sarma

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Clement M. Werner

Affiliation Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Guido A. Wanner

Affiliation Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Hans-Peter Simmen

Affiliation Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Markus S. Huber-Lang

Affiliation Department of Traumatology, Hand-, Plastic-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Peter A. Ward

pward@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR MAF JVS MSHL PAW. Performed the experiments: DR MAF DED BAN FSZ. Analyzed the data: DR MAF DED BAN FSZ JVS CMW GAW HPS MSHL PAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR FSZ. Wrote the paper: DR PAW.