About the Authors

Buyun Wu

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Dehua Gong

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Bin Xu

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Qunpeng He

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Zhihong Liu

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Daxi Ji

dr_jdx@163.com

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW DG DJ. Performed the experiments: BW. Analyzed the data: BW DG DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BX QH. Wrote the paper: BW DG DJ. Gave final approval of the version to be published: ZL.