About the Authors
- Loïc Louvet
-
Affiliations INSERM U-1088, Amiens, France, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- Dominique Bazin
-
Affiliation Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Collège de France, Paris, France
- Janine Büchel
-
Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Sonja Steppan
-
Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Jutta Passlick-Deetjen
-
Affiliations Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany, Department of Nephrology, University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Ziad A. Massy
-
* E-mail: massy@u-picardie.fr
Affiliations INSERM U-1088, Amiens, France, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, Paris Ile de France Ouest (UVSQ) University, Paris, France
Competing Interests
The external funders (Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, a worldwide provider of dialysis products and therapies for patients with chronic kidney failure) participated in part of study design and revision of final version of manuscript. They had no role in data collection, analysis, preparation of manuscript and decision to publish. The authors declare J.P.-D. as a consultant to Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. S.S. and J.B. are employees of Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. Z.A.M. and D.B. have received research grants and honorarium from Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. This statement does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LL DB ZAM. Performed the experiments: LL DB. Analyzed the data: LL DB ZAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL DB. Wrote the paper: LL DB JB SS JPD ZAM.