About the Authors
- Sandra Müller-Krebs
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* E-mail: sandra.mueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Lena Weber
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Julia Tsobaneli
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Lars P. Kihm
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jochen Reiser
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Martin Zeier
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Vedat Schwenger
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Competing Interests
SMK, MZ, and VS received research grants from Novartis Pharma AG (Nuremberg, Germany). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. MZ and VS received lecture fees from Novartis Pharma AG (Nuremberg, Germany). The authors declare no competing interests relating to consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SMK VS. Performed the experiments: SMK LW JT. Analyzed the data: SMK LPK VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the manuscript: SMK JR MZ VS.