About the Authors

Masayuki Yamanouchi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

m.yamanouchi@toranomon.gr.jp (MY); twada@m-kanazawa.jp (TW)

Affiliations Department of Nephrology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan, Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

Junichi Hoshino

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan, Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshifumi Ubara

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan, Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

Kenmei Takaichi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan, Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Kinowaki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Fujii

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Ohashi

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Koki Mise

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Tadashi Toyama

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Akinori Hara

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Kiyoki Kitagawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan

Miho Shimizu

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Kengo Furuichi

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Takashi Wada

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

m.yamanouchi@toranomon.gr.jp (MY); twada@m-kanazawa.jp (TW)

Affiliations Department of Nephrology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.