About the Authors

Kenji Yamaji

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Satake

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Horikoshi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jan Novak

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Yasuhiko Tomino

yasu@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT YS KY HS SH JN. Performed the experiments: KY YS HS KS. Analyzed the data: KY YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY YS HS KS. Wrote the paper: KY YS.