About the Authors
- Mayumi Tomita
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Misako Asada
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Nariaki Asada
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Jin Nakamura
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Akiko Oguchi
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Atsuko Y. Higashi
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi-city, Osaka, Japan
- Shuichiro Endo
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Elizabeth Robertson
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Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Takeshi Kimura
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
- Toru Kita
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Affiliation Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe-city, Hyogo, Japan
- Aris N. Economides
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Affiliation Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, United States of America
- Jordan Kreidberg
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Affiliation Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusettes, United States of America
- Motoko Yanagita
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* E-mail: motoy@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
Aris N. Economides is employed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MY. Performed the experiments: MT MA NA JN AO AYH SE. Analyzed the data: TK TK JK MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER ANE. Wrote the paper: MT MY.