About the Authors

Virginija Jazbutyte

vjazbutyte@hotmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Jan Stumpner

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Andreas Redel

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Johan M. Lorenzen

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Norbert Roewer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Thomas Thum

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Thum, Franz Kehl

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Franz Kehl

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Thum, Franz Kehl

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karslruhe, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Thomas Thum is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors‘ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VJ FK. Performed the experiments: VJ JS AR. Analyzed the data: VJ JS AR JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR FK. Wrote the paper: VJ TT FK.