About the Authors
- Usha Panchapakesan
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* E-mail: usha.panchapakesan@sydney.edu.au
Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Kate Pegg
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Simon Gross
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Muralikrishna Gangadharan Komala
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Harshini Mudaliar
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Josephine Forbes
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Affiliation Glycation and Diabetes Research Group, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane Qld, Australia
- Carol Pollock
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Amanda Mather
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Renal Research Group, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
Boehringer Ingelheim provided the Empagliflozin and funding but had no role in the study design, data analysis and data interpretation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Critical review of manuscript: AM JF CP. Conceived and designed the experiments: UP JF AM CP. Performed the experiments: UP KP SG MG HM. Analyzed the data: UP AM CP JF. Wrote the paper: UP.