About the Authors
- Konstantinos Voskarides
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Current address: Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Charalambos Stefanou
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Myrtani Pieri
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Current address: School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Panayiota Demosthenous
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Kyriakos Felekkis
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Current address: School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Maria Arsali
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Limassol General Hospital, Limassol, Cyprus
- Yiannis Athanasiou
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Dimitris Xydakis
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Kostas Stylianou
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Eugenios Daphnis
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Giorgos Goulielmos
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Molecular Medicine and Human Genetics, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- Petros Loizou
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Affiliation Private Clinical Laboratory, Paralimni, Cyprus
- Judith Savige
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Northern Health, Epping, Australia
- Martin Höhne
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Affiliations Department 2 of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Systems Biology of Ageing Cologne (Sybacol), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Linus A. Völker
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Affiliation Department 2 of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Thomas Benzing
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Affiliations Department 2 of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Systems Biology of Ageing Cologne (Sybacol), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Patrick H. Maxwell
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Affiliation Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Daniel P. Gale
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Affiliation UCL Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Mathias Gorski
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Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Carsten Böger
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Barbara Kollerits
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Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Florian Kronenberg
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Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Bernhard Paulweber
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Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Michalis Zavros
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Alkis Pierides
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hippocrateon Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Constantinos Deltas
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* E-mail: deltas@ucy.ac.cy
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Medicine Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Competing Interests
Petros Loizou is employed by Private Clinical Laboratory, Paralimni, Cyprus. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: KV CD. Data curation: KV DPG MG CB BK FK BP. Formal analysis: KV MG CB BK. Funding acquisition: PHM FK BP CD. Investigation: KV CS MP PD KF PL MH LAV DPG MG TB. Methodology: KV. Project administration: CD. Resources: MA YA DX KS ED GG JS PHM DPG FK BP MZ AP. Supervision: ED JS TB PHM FK BP MZ AP CD. Validation: KV CD. Visualization: KV CS MH CB. Writing – original draft: KV CD. Writing – review & editing: KV CD.