About the Authors

Fernando E. García-Arroyo

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Guillermo Gonzaga

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Itzel Muñoz-Jiménez

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Mónica G. Blas-Marron

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Octaviano Silverio

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Edilia Tapia

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Virgilia Soto

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Dept.of Pathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Natarajan Ranganathan

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kibow Biotech, Newtown Square, PA, United States of America

Pari Ranganathan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kibow Biotech, Newtown Square, PA, United States of America

Usha Vyas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kibow Biotech, Newtown Square, PA, United States of America

Anthony Irvin

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kibow Biotech, Newtown Square, PA, United States of America

Diana Ir

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Charles E. Robertson

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Daniel N. Frank

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Richard J. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America

L. Gabriela Sánchez-Lozada

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lgsanchezlozada@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Renal Physiopathology, INC Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NR, PR, UV and AI work for Kibow Biotech. RJJ is an inventor on patents related to lowering uric acid as it relates to BP, insulin resistance, and diabetic kidney disease and has equity in XORT Therapeutics, Inc and Colorado Research Partners LLC, which are startup companies interested in developing novel xanthine oxidase inhibitors and fructokinase inhibitors, respectively. Dr. Johnson has also received honoraria from Danone and Astra Zeneca and is on the Scientific Board of Kibow, Inc. LGSL receives research support from Relburn Metabolomics and Danone Research Institute and is member of Colorado Research Partners, LLC. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.