About the Authors

Heng-Chih Pan

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Chih Pan, Chang-Chyi Jenq

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chang-Chyi Jenq

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Chih Pan, Chang-Chyi Jenq

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Hung Tsai

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Pei-Chun Fan

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Hsiang Chang

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Yang Chang

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ya-Chung Tian

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Hung

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ji-Tseng Fang

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chih-Wei Yang

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yung-Chang Chen

cyc2356@gmail.com

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCC. Performed the experiments: YCC MHT. Analyzed the data: HCP YCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCP CCJ. Wrote the paper: HCP CCJ. Critically reviewed the study proposal: PCF CHC MYC YCT CCH JTF CWY.