About the Authors

Valérie Jotterand Drepper

Valerie.JotterandDrepper@hcuge.ch

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Lars P. Kihm

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Florian Kälble

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Christian Diekmann

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Joerg Seckinger

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Nephrology, Zug Cantonal Hospital, Zug, Switzerland

Claudia Sommerer

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Martin Zeier

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Vedat Schwenger

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Nephrology, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VJD LPK FK JS CS MZ VS. Performed the experiments: VJD LPK FK JS CS MZ VS. Analyzed the data: VJD LPK VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VJD LPK FK JS CS MZ VS. Wrote the paper: VJD LPK VS.