About the Authors

D. Adam Lauver

dlauver@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

E . Grant Carey

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Ingrid L. Bergin

Affiliation Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Benedict R. Lucchesi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Hitinder S. Gurm

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Competing Interests

Dr. HS Gurm has been named as an inventor on a provisional patent application filed by the University of Michigan entitled “Methods to prevent contrast induced kidney injury” (U.S. Patent Application No. 61/921,786). None of the other authors have any competing interests to disclose. This patent application does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAL HSG. Performed the experiments: DAL EGC. Analyzed the data: DAL ILB HSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAL ILB BRL HSG. Wrote the paper: DAL ILB HSG.