About the Authors

Huan Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Wang, Li-Li Sha

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China

Li-Li Sha

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Wang, Li-Li Sha

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China

Tian-Tian Ma

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China

Lu-Xia Zhang

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China

Min Chen

chenmin74@sina.com

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China

Ming-Hui Zhao

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100034, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC MHZ LXZ. Performed the experiments: HW LLS. Analyzed the data: HW LLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTM. Wrote the paper: HW LLS.