About the Authors

Zhengxiu Su

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hongguo Zhu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Menghuan Zhang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Liangliang Wang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hanchang He

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shaoling Jiang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Fan Fan Hou

liaiqing@smu.edu.cn (AQL); ffhouguangzhou@163.com (FFH)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Aiqing Li

liaiqing@smu.edu.cn (AQL); ffhouguangzhou@163.com (FFH)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZXS FFH AQL. Performed the experiments: ZXS HGZ MHZ LLW HCH SLJ. Analyzed the data: ZXS HGZ MHZ LLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFH. Wrote the paper: ZXS AQL.