About the Authors

Bing Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Zhao, Jian Fei

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jian Fei

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Zhao, Jian Fei

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Ying Chen

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yi-Lin Ying

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Li Ma

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, the Third People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xiao-Qin Song

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Lu Wang

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Er-Zhen Chen

maoeq@yeah.net (EQM); chenerzhen@hotmail.com (EZC)

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

En-Qiang Mao

maoeq@yeah.net (EQM); chenerzhen@hotmail.com (EZC)

Affiliation Department of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: BZ JF EZC EQM. Participated in the surgical procedure: BZ. Designed the protocol: BZ. Performed the assay including HO-1 activity and ELISA and immunohistochemistry: BZ. Performed the statistical analysis: JF. Carried out the Western blotting: YC. Participated in the surgical procedure: YC. Carried out Real-time PCR: YLY LM. Performed the histologic analysis: YLY LM. Performed TUNEL assay and MPO activity assay: XQS LW. Conceived and designed the study: EZC EQM.