About the Authors

Kei Yasuda

Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Yasuda, Amanda A. Watkins

kyasuda@bu.edu (KY); irifkin@bu.edu (IRR)

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amanda A. Watkins

Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Yasuda, Amanda A. Watkins

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guneet S. Kochar

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gabriella E. Wilson

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bari Laskow

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christophe Richez

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramon G. Bonegio

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ian R. Rifkin

kyasuda@bu.edu (KY); irifkin@bu.edu (IRR)

Affiliation Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY AAW CR IRR. Performed the experiments: KY AAW GSK GEW BL CR RGB. Analyzed the data: KY AAW RGB IRR. Wrote the paper: KY IRR.