About the Authors

Toshiki Doi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Shigehiro Doi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Ayumu Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Toshinori Ueno

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Yukio Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Nobuoki Kohno

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Takao Masaki

masakit@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD SD TM. Performed the experiments: TD AN TU. Analyzed the data: TD SD YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK TM. Wrote the paper: TD SD TM.