About the Authors

Yun Hee Kim

Affiliations Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology (or Faculty of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Earth Sciences), Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Daniel Epting

Affiliation Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Krasimir Slanchev

Affiliations Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute, Martinsried, Germany

Christina Engel

Affiliation Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Gerd Walz

Affiliation Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Albrecht Kramer-Zucker

albrecht.kramer-zucker@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliation Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK AK KS. Performed the experiments: YK DE CE. Analyzed the data: YK AK KS DE GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CE. Wrote the paper: YK AK KS DE.