About the Authors

Michael A. Flierl

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

Daniel Rittirsch

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

Anthony J. Chen

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

Danielle E. Day

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

Markus S. Huber-Lang

Affiliation Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm Medical School, 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: PW MF MH. Performed the experiments: MF DR BN DD AC. Analyzed the data: MF. Wrote the paper: PW MF. Other: Reviewed the manuscript: JS.