About the Authors

Anja Bienholz

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Ahmad Al-Taweel

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Nancy F. Roeser

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Andreas Kribben

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Thorsten Feldkamp

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Joel M. Weinberg

wnberg@umich.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB JMW. Performed the experiments: AB AA NFR JMW. Analyzed the data: AB AA NFR AK TF JMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMW. Wrote the paper: AB AA NFR AK TF JMW.