About the Authors

Joelle Rolli

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Nathalie Rosenblatt-Velin

Affiliation Division of Pathophysiology, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jianhui Li

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Noureddine Loukili

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sandra Levrand

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland, Division of Pathophysiology, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pal Pacher

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bernard Waeber

Affiliation Division of Pathophysiology, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

François Feihl

Affiliation Division of Pathophysiology, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Patrick Ruchat

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Lucas Liaudet

lucas.liaudet@chuv.ch

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland, Division of Pathophysiology, University Hospital Medical Center and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL PP BW FF PR LL. Performed the experiments: JR NRV JL NL SL LL. Analyzed the data: JR NRV NL PP FF LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW PR LL. Wrote the paper: JR LL.