About the Authors

Xia Huang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Haofei Hu

Roles Formal analysis

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Lishu He

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Zhichao Zhang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Xue Zhang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Hao Yuan

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Xiaofang He

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Lirong Tu

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Feiyuan Liu

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Langzhong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Langzhong, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Xiuqin Li

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Science and Education, Shenzhen Hengsheng Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Heping Zhang

Roles Supervision

867801115@qq.com (HZ); heyongcheng640815@126.com (YH)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Yongcheng He

Roles Supervision

867801115@qq.com (HZ); heyongcheng640815@126.com (YH)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.