About the Authors
- Manoocher Soleimani
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* E-mail: Manoocher.Soleimani@uc.edu
Affiliations Center on Genetics of Transport, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Sharon Barone
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Affiliations Center on Genetics of Transport, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Jie Xu
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Affiliations Center on Genetics of Transport, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Saeed Alshahrani
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics and, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Marybeth Brooks
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Affiliations Center on Genetics of Transport, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Francis X. McCormack
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Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Roger D. Smith
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Kamyar Zahedi
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Affiliations Center on Genetics of Transport, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
Competing Interests
This work was partly supported by grants from US Renal Care and Dialysis Clinic Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS KZ. Performed the experiments: SB JX SA MB KZ. Analyzed the data: MS SB RDS KZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FXM. Wrote the paper: MS SB KZ. Assessment of renal pathophysiology: RDS.