About the Authors

Jun Yang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jiyuan Chen

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jingyin Yan

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Liping Zhang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gang Chen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai, China

Liqun He

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yanlin Wang

yanlinw@bcm.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: J Yang JC J Yan GC. Analyzed the data: J Yang JC J Yan GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ LH. Wrote the paper: J Yang JC J Yan YW.