About the Authors

Paola Krall

Contributed equally to this work with: Paola Krall, Cesar P. Canales

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Cesar P. Canales

Contributed equally to this work with: Paola Krall, Cesar P. Canales

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Pamela Kairath

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Paulina Carmona-Mora

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jessica Molina

Affiliation Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile

J. Daniel Carpio

Affiliations Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile, Nephrology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile

Phillip Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Sergio A. Mezzano

Affiliation Nephrology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile

Jing Li

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Changli Wei

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jochen Reiser

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Juan I. Young

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, CIN (Centro de Ingeniería de la Innovación CECS), Valdivia, Chile

Katherina Walz

kwalz@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from Antofagasta Minerals, Arauco, Empresas CMPC, Indura, Naviera Ultragas and Telefonica del Sur, but it does not alter their adherence to PLoS ONE policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK CPC KW. Performed the experiments: PK CPC PK PCM JM JL CW. Analyzed the data: PK CPC PCM JDC PR SM CW JR JIY KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR JIY KW. Wrote the paper: PK CPC JR KW.