About the Authors

Elena Crespo

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Marc Lucia

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Josep M. Cruzado

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Sergio Luque

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Edoardo Melilli

Affiliation Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Anna Manonelles

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Nuria Lloberas

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Joan Torras

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Josep M. Grinyó

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Oriol Bestard

obestard@bellvitgehospital.cat

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OB EC. Performed the experiments: EC ML SL. Analyzed the data: OB EC EM JG JC JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OB EM AM. Wrote the paper: OB EC. Contributed to the final analysis of data: NL.