About the Authors

Weiqun Yu

Affiliation Renal Research Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simon C. Robson

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Warren G. Hill

whill@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Matrix Biology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WY SCR WGH. Performed the experiments: WY. Analyzed the data: WY WGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCR. Wrote the paper: WY SCR WGH.