About the Authors

Anna K. Kraus

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jin Chen

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ilka Edenhofer

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Inga Ravens

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ariana Gaspert

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Pietro E. Cippà

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Steffen Mueller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, New York, New York, United States of America

Rudolf P. Wuthrich

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stephan Segerer

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Guenter Bernhardt

Contributed equally to this work with: Guenter Bernhardt, Thomas Fehr

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Thomas Fehr

Contributed equally to this work with: Guenter Bernhardt, Thomas Fehr

thomas.fehr@uzh.ch

Affiliations Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKK TF. Performed the experiments: AKK JC IE PEC. Analyzed the data: AKK AG SS TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR SM GB. Wrote the paper: AKK PEC RPW TF.