About the Authors

David H. Vandorpe

Affiliations Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chang Xu

Affiliations Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Boris E. Shmukler

Affiliations Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leo E. Otterbein

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marie Trudel

Affiliation Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Frederick Sachs

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Philip A. Gottlieb

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Carlo Brugnara

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Seth L. Alper

salper@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHV CX CB SA. Performed the experiments: DHV CX. Analyzed the data: DHV CX SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BES LO MT FS PAG CB. Wrote the paper: DHV CX SA.