About the Authors

Ji Yun Lee

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Shabitha Arumugarajah

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Dameng Lian

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Natsumi Maehara

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Aaron R. Haig

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Rita S. Suri

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Toru Miyazaki

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Centre for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Lakshman Gunaratnam

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Lakshman.Gunaratnam@lhsc.on.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. Toru Miyazaki holds a patent for the use of AIM for prevention or therapeutic agent for kidney disease (Issued in Japan [JP6460483], Korea [KOR10-1870246], and US [US10349640 B2]. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.The authors declare no other conflicts of interest with respect to this publication.