About the Authors

Silvia Spanu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “I. Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Claudia R. C. van Roeyen

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Bernd Denecke

Affiliation IZKF, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Jürgen Floege

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Anja S. Mühlfeld

amuehlfeld@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS ASM. Performed the experiments: SS CRCVR BD ASM. Analyzed the data: SS CRCVR BD JF ASM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRCVR BD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SS CRCVR BD JF ASM.