About the Authors

Miguel A. Lanaspa

miguel.lanaspagarcia@ucdenver.edu

Current address: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Christina Cicerchi

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Gabriela Garcia

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Nanxing Li

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Carlos A. Roncal-Jimenez

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Christopher J. Rivard

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Brandi Hunter

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ana Andrés-Hernando

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Takuji Ishimoto

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Laura G. Sánchez-Lozada

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jeffrey Thomas

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Robert S. Hodges

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Colin T. Mant

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Richard J. Johnson

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAL GEG RJJ. Performed the experiments: MAL GEG CC NL CARJ CRJ BH AAH CTM. Analyzed the data: MAL GEG CC NL CARJ CRJ BH AAH TI LGSL JT RSH CTM RJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAL GEG CC NL CARJ CRJ BH AAH CTM. Wrote the paper: MAL GEG RJJ.