About the Authors

John J. Bissler

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jbissler@uthsc.edu

Affiliation University of Tennessee Health Science Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Norio Nonomura

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osaka University Hospital, Department of Urology, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Klemens Budde

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Bernard A. Zonnenberg

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Internal Medicine, Utrecht, Netherlands

Michael Fischereder

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik IV, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilian’s Universitaet, Munich, Germany

Maurizio Voi

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Pharma, Oncology, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America

Anne-Laure Louveau

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Pharma S.A.S., Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France

Fabian Herbst

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

E. Martina Bebin

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Paolo Curatolo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy

Andrea Zonta

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Elena Belousova

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Schlumberger Moscow Research Center, Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation

Competing Interests

JJB, NN, EB, MB, MF, KB have served as investigators on this study and received research grants (to their institutions) from Novartis. JJB, EB, KB have served as consultants and/or participated in advisory boards for Novartis. JJB, NN, PC, KB, MF have received travel honoraria from Novartis. BAZ has received research grants, was part of advisory boards, and received travel grants from Novartis. AZ has nothing to disclose. MV, AL, and FH are employees of Novartis. FH owns stock in Novartis. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.