About the Authors

Marjolein Garsen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Angelique L. Rops

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jinhua Li

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Katrien van Beneden

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Liver Cell Biology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Christiane van den Branden

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Liver Cell Biology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Jo HM Berden

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Ton J. Rabelink

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Johan van der Vlag

Johan.vanderVlag@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG JHMB TJR JvdV. Performed the experiments: MG ALR. Analyzed the data: MG ALR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL KvB CvdB. Wrote the paper: MG ALR JL KvB CvdB JHMB TJR JvdV.