About the Authors

William J. Placzek

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

placzek@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hiroyuki Yanagawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yuko Makita

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Matthew B. Renfrow

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Bruce A. Julian

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Dana V. Rizk

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Yusuke Suzuki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jan Novak

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hitoshi Suzuki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: W.J. Placzek and M.B. Renfrow report serving as founders and consultants to Reliant Glycosciences, LLC; B.A. Julian, D.V. Rizk, and J. Novak report serving as founders and advisory board members of Reliant Glycosciences, LLC. Reliant Glycosciences, LLC had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, preparation of the manuscript, nor did it provide financial support for any of the authors or materials. As such, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.