About the Authors

David Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Renal Research Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Shantheri Shenoy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Renal Research Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Yezina Nigatu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Renal Research Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Matt Plotkin

matthew_plotkin@nymc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Renal Research Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP. Performed the experiments: DL SS MP. Analyzed the data: DL YN MP. Wrote the paper: DL MP.