About the Authors

Fei Fang

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

George Chu Liu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Xiaohua Zhou

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Stuart Yang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Heather Naomi Reich

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Vanessa Williams

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Amanda Hu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Janice Pan

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Ana Konvalinka

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Gavin Yadram Oudit

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mazanlowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

James William Scholey

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Rohan John

rohan.john@uhn.on.ca

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF GCL HNR AK GYO JWS RJ. Performed the experiments: FF GCL XZ SY VW AH JP. Analyzed the data: FF GCL XZ AK JWS RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY HNR GYO. Wrote the paper: FF GCL HNR VW AH JP AK GYO JWS RJ.