J. J. Hofstra, MD^1*, F. E. van den Boogaard, MD^2*, A. D. Cornet, MD^3*, A. P.J. Vlaar, MD^2*, T. van der Poll, Prof, MD, PhD^1*, M. Levi, Prof, MD, PhD^1* and M. J. Schultz, MD, PhD^4*

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
²Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
³Department of Intensive Care Medicine, VU Medical Center, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
⁴Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Conglei Li, MD^1*, Siavash Piran, MSc.^1*, Pingguo Chen, PhD^2*, Sean Lang, BSc.^1*, Jerry Ware, PhD³, Zaverio M. Ruggeri, MD³, John Freedman, MD⁴ and Heyu Ni, MD, PhD^5*

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
²Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, St. Michael's Hospital and Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada
³Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
⁴Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
⁵Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medicine and Physiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto and Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bindumadhav M Marathe^1*, Amanda Prislovsky^2*, Amira Hosni^2* and Ted S Strom, MD, PhD²

¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN
²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN

Isabelle I Salles^1*, Marie N O'Connor^2*, Nicholas A. Watkins^2*, Adam Walker^3*, Stephen F Garner^2*, Chris I Jones^4*, Iain Macauley^2*, Michael Steward^3*, Jaap Jan Zwaginga⁵, Sarah L Bray^6*, Ana Cvejic^7*, Frank Dudbridge^6*, Bernard de Bono^8*, Hans Deckmyn^1*, Derek L. Stemple^7* and Willem Ouwehand, MD, PhD^2*

¹Laboratory for Thrombosis Research,IRC, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Kortrijk, Belgium
²Haematology, University of Cambridge and NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, United Kingdom
³Domantis Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
⁴Cardiovascular science, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
⁵Immunohem./Blood Transfusion, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
⁶MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
⁷Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
⁸European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Jonathan Skupsky, BS^1*, Ai-Hong Zhang, MS, PhD^2* and David W. Scott, PhD³

¹Program in Molecular Medicine, MD/PhD Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
²Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimre, MD
³Depts. of Surgery & Microbiology-Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Jie Yu Ye^1*, Godfrey ChiFung Chan, MD², Shing Chan^1*, Jue Cong Luo^1* and Mo Yang^1*

¹Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
²Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong