About the Authors

Ya-Li Zheng

yalinew@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Xia Zhang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Hai-Xia Fu

Affiliation Center of Blood Purification, Central Hospital of Rizhao City, Rizhao, Shangdong Province, 276800, China

Mei Guo

Affiliation Zhongshan-Xuhui hospital affiliated Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China

Varsha Shukla

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD, 20814, United States of America

Niranjana D. Amin

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD, 20814, United States of America

Jing E

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Li Bao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Hong-Yan Luo

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Bo Li

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Xiao-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Yong-Cai Gao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People’s Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities), Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 750002, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ. Performed the experiments: XZ BL HF LB HL VS NA. Analyzed the data: XZ MG BL XL JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB HL YG. Wrote the paper: YZ XZ JE.