About the Authors

Raed N. Bou Matar

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Janet D. Klein

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeff M. Sands

jeff.sands@emory.edu

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Jeff M. Sands is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. The author confirms that this does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RNBM. Performed the experiments: RNBM JDK. Analyzed the data: RNBM JDK JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDK JMS. Wrote the paper: RNBM JDK JMS.