About the Authors

Kenneth Lim

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

kjlim@iu.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Guerman Molostvov

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Maria Lubczanska

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Divisions of Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Simon Fletcher

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom

Rosemary Bland

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Divisions of Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Thomas F. Hiemstra

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit and School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Daniel Zehnder

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Department of Acute Medicine, North Cumbria Integrated Care University Hospital NHS Trust, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journals policies and the authors of this paper declare the following competing interests: DZ was supported by an unrestricted research grant from Abbott Laboratories. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.