About the Authors

Kathleen Gabriel

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alistair Ingram

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Richard Austin

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Anil Kapoor

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Damu Tang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Fadwa Majeed

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Talha Qureshi

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Khalid Al-Nedawi

alnedaw@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR), St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA. Performed the experiments: KG FM TQ KA. Analyzed the data: KA AI AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DT. Wrote the paper: KA KG AI RA.