About the Authors

Belinda Jim

belindajim286@gmail.com

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Swati Mehta

Affiliation James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Andi Qipo

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Kwanghee Kim

Affiliation Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Hillel W. Cohen

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Robert M. Moore

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bronx, New York, United States of America

John C. He

Affiliations James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Shuchita Sharma

Affiliation Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology/Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJ JCH SS. Performed the experiments: BJ SM SS. Analyzed the data: BJ AQ KK JCH SS HWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM RMM KK SS. Wrote the paper: BJ SM AQ JCH SS.