About the Authors

Simon Sawhney

simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliations University of Aberdeen Applied Renal Research Collaboration, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Angharad Marks

Affiliations University of Aberdeen Applied Renal Research Collaboration, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Tariq Ali

Affiliation King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Laura Clark

Affiliation NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Nick Fluck

Affiliation NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Gordon J. Prescott

Affiliation University of Aberdeen Applied Renal Research Collaboration, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

William G. Simpson

Affiliation NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Corri Black

Affiliation University of Aberdeen Applied Renal Research Collaboration, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: SS AM. Analyzed the data: SS AM GJP CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA LC WGS. Wrote the paper: SS AM TA LC NF GJP WGS CB.