About the Authors

Ae Jin Kim

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Han Ro

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Hyunsook Kim

Affiliation Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Jae Hyun Chang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Hyun Hee Lee

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Wookyung Chung

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Ji Yong Jung

jyjung@gachon.ac.kr

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea, Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYJ. Performed the experiments: AJK HR HK JYJ. Analyzed the data: AJK JYJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYJ. Wrote the paper: AJK JYJ. Reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version: AJK HR HK JHC HHL WC JYJ.