About the Authors

Takaya Ozeki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Michio Nagata

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Kidney and Vascular Pathology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Takayuki Katsuno

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Koji Inagaki

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Chutoen General Medical Center, Kakegawa, Japan

Kazunori Goto

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Sawako Kato

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Yoshinari Yasuda

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Naotake Tsuboi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Shoichi Maruyama

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

marus@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

Shoichi Maruyama has received funding and honoraria from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. All other authors have declared no conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.