About the Authors

Tian-Tian Ma

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Yi-Min Huang

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Chen Wang

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Ming-Hui Zhao

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China

Min Chen

leimeng@public3.bta.net.cn

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC MHZ. Performed the experiments: TTM YMH CW MC. Analyzed the data: TTM YMH CW MC MHZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTM YMH CW MC. Wrote the paper: TTM YMH CW MC MHZ.