About the Authors
- Yanling Zhang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan, Department of Nephrology, Third Hospital Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
- Jun Wada
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: junwada@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
- Akihiro Yasuhara
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
- Izumi Iseda
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
- Jun Eguchi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
- Kenji Fukui
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Qin Yang
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Affiliations Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kazuya Yamagata
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Thomas Hiesberger
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Basic Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Peter Igarashi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Basic Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Hong Zhang
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Affiliation Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Haiyan Wang
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Affiliation Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Shigeru Akagi
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Affiliation Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yashpal S. Kanwar
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Affiliation Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Hirofumi Makino
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YK JW KY YZ JE. Performed the experiments: PI JW HM KY YZ AY II JE KF QY TH HZ SA. Analyzed the data: PI JW HM YZ JE TH SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW KY KF QY TH HZ HW SA. Wrote the paper: YK JW HM YZ.