1. The Artificial Liver Lab., Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
2. The University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
3. Department of Emergency Medicine, JaoTong University, Shanghai, China.
4. Division of Immunobiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Edward A Doisy Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri.