About the Authors

Niko Braun

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

M. Dominik Alscher

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany, Institute of Digital Medicine, Stuttgart, Germany

Peter Fritz

Affiliations Institute of Digital Medicine, Stuttgart, Germany, Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Joerg Latus

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Ilka Edenhofer

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Fabian Reimold

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany, Division of Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

Seth L. Alper

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

Martin Kimmel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Dagmar Biegger

Affiliation Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Maja Lindenmeyer

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Clemens D. Cohen

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Stephan Segerer

Stephan.segerer@usz.ch

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The study was supported by a Grant from Baxter. Stephan Segerer receives benefits from ROCHE as a consultant. Otherwise the authors do not declare competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB MDA SLA ML CDC SS. Performed the experiments: SS IE DB. Analyzed the data: NB MDA SLA ML CDC SS PF JL FR MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB MK DB ML CDC. Wrote the paper: NB SS RW.