About the Authors

Katy Trébern-Launay

Affiliations Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U643, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, EA4275 ‘Biostatistique, Recherche Clinique et Mesures Subjectives en Santé’, Nantes, France

Yohann Foucher

Affiliations Université de Nantes, EA4275 ‘Biostatistique, Recherche Clinique et Mesures Subjectives en Santé’, Nantes, France, Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U643, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France

Magali Giral

Affiliation Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U643, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France

Christophe Legendre

Affiliations Service de Transplantation Rénale et de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Necker, APHP, Paris, France, Universités Paris Descartes et Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Henri Kreis

Affiliation Service de Transplantation Rénale et de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Necker, APHP, Paris, France

Michèle Kessler

Affiliation Service de Transplantation Rénale, CHU Brabois, Nancy, France

Marc Ladrière

Affiliation Service de Transplantation Rénale, CHU Brabois, Nancy, France

Nassim Kamar

Affiliations Service de Néphrologie, HTA, Dialyse et Transplantation d'Organes, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Lionel Rostaing

Affiliations Service de Néphrologie, HTA, Dialyse et Transplantation d'Organes, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Valérie Garrigue

Affiliation Service de Néphrologie-Transplantation, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France

Georges Mourad

Affiliation Service de Néphrologie-Transplantation, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France

Emmanuel Morelon

Affiliation Service de Néphrologie, Transplantation et Immunologie Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Jean-Paul Soulillou

jean-paul.soulillou@univ-nantes.fr

Affiliation Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U643, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France

Jacques Dantal

Affiliation Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U643, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This work was partly supported by Roche Laboratory, and K. Trébern-Launay is the recipient of a grant for epidemiology and biostatistics research from Novartis Pharma. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG JD JPS. Performed the experiments: KTL. Analyzed the data: KTL YF MG JD JPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL HK MK ML NK LR VG GM EM. Wrote the paper: KTL YF MG JD JPS.