About the Authors
- Muralikrishna Gangadharan Komala
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Simon Gross
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Harshini Mudaliar
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Chunling Huang
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Katherine Pegg
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Amanda Mather
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Sylvie Shen
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Carol A. Pollock
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Affiliation Renal Research Lab, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
- Usha Panchapakesan
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* E-mail: 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.