About the Authors

Jae-Hyung Chang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Seung-Yeol Paik

Affiliation Chung-ang University Medical School, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Lan Mao

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

William Eisner

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick J. Flannery

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Liming Wang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Yuping Tang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Natalie Mattocks

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Samy Hadjadj

Affiliation INSERM U927, Poitiers, France and INSERM CIC 0802, Poitiers, France and CHU Poitiers, Endocrinologie, Poitiers, France

Jean-Michel Goujon

Affiliations CHU Poitiers, Pathology Unit, Poitiers, France, INSERM U927, Poitiers, France and INSERM CIC 0802, Poitiers, France and CHU Poitiers, Endocrinologie, Poitiers, France

Phillip Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Susan B. Gurley

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert F. Spurney

robert.spurney@dm.duke.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHC RFS. Performed the experiments: JHC SYP LM WE PJF LW YT JMG PR SBG SH NM. Analyzed the data: JHC SBG RFS SH. Wrote the paper: JHC RFS.