About the Authors

Muralikrishna Gangadharan Komala

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Simon Gross

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Harshini Mudaliar

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Chunling Huang

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Katherine Pegg

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Amanda Mather

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Sylvie Shen

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Carol A. Pollock

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Usha Panchapakesan

usha.panchapakesan@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia

Competing Interests

The study drug empagliflozin and telmisartan was supplied by Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany, and they partially funded the project. However, they were not involved in study design or interpretation of results. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGK CP AM SS UP. Performed the experiments: MGK HM CH SG KP. Analyzed the data: MGK UP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGK UP CAP. Wrote the paper: MGK UP CAP.