About the Authors

Hirokazu Honda

hondah@med.showa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyusu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuna Kobayashi

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Showa University, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan

Shoko Onuma

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Keigo Shibagaki

Affiliation Shibagaki Dialysis Clinic Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, Japan

Toshitaka Yuza

Affiliation Shibagaki Dialysis Clinic Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Hirao

Affiliation Shibagaki Dialysis Clinic Togoshi, Tokyo, Japan

Toshinori Yamamoto

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Showa University, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan

Naohisa Tomosugi

Affiliation Aging Research Unit, Department of Advanced Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takanori Shibata

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

HH and TS received grants from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. However, these corporations were not involved in designing or conducting this study. NT is the president of Medical Care Proteomics Biotechnology Co. Ltd. However, this association does not alter the authors’ adherence to all policies regarding the sharing of data. No other authors have any conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH TS. Performed the experiments: YK TY NT. Analyzed the data: HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS TY KH SO TS. Wrote the paper: HH.