About the Authors

Ping Jia

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Jie Teng

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Jianzhou Zou

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yi Fang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Suhua Jiang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Xiaofang Yu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Alison J. Kriegel

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Mingyu Liang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Xiaoqiang Ding

ding.xiaoqiang@zs-hospital.sh.cn

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJ ML XD. Performed the experiments: PJ JT JZ YF SJ XY XD. Analyzed the data: PJ AJK XD ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJ.JT JZ YF AJK. Wrote the paper: PJ XD.