About the Authors

Sandeep Khurana

skhurana@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VA Maryland Health Care System and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Hema Raina

Current address: Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Valeria Pappas

Current address: Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jean-Pierre Raufman

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VA Maryland Health Care System and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas L. Pallone

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK TLP. Performed the experiments: SK VP HR. Analyzed the data: SK HR VP TLP JPR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK HR VP TLP JPR. Wrote the paper: SK HR TLP JPR.