About the Authors

Lyubomir G. Nashev

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Charlie Chandsawangbhuwana

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Zoltan Balazs

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Atanas G. Atanasov

Affiliation Division of Immunopathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Bernhard Dick

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Felix J. Frey

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Michael E. Baker

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alex Odermatt

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: alex.odermatt@unibas.ch

Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO LN MB. Performed the experiments: LN CC ZB AA. Analyzed the data: AO LN CC BD MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO FF MB. Wrote the paper: AO LN FF MB.