About the Authors

Martin Tepel

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Tepel, Christoffer Borst

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research, Odense, Denmark

Christoffer Borst

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Tepel, Christoffer Borst

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research, Odense, Denmark

Claus Bistrup

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research, Odense, Denmark

Niels Marcussen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, and University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Nikolaos Pagonas

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Medizinische Klinik I, Univ.-Klinik Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Felix S. Seibert

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Medizinische Klinik I, Univ.-Klinik Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Robert Arndt

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Walter Zidek

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Timm H. Westhoff

timm.westhoff@marienhospital-herne.de

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Medizinische Klinik I, Univ.-Klinik Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT THW. Performed the experiments: MT C. Borst C. Bistrup NM NP FS RA WZ THW. Analyzed the data: MT C. Borst C. Bistrup NM NP FS RA WZ THW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT C. Borst C. Bistrup NM NP FS RA WZ THW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MT C. Borst C. Bistrup NM NP FS RA WZ THW.