About the Authors

Jing Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Xu, Zhi-Guo Mao, Mei Kong

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Zhi-Guo Mao

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Xu, Zhi-Guo Mao, Mei Kong

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Mei Kong

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Xu, Zhi-Guo Mao, Mei Kong

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Liang-Hao Hu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Chao-Yang Ye

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Cheng-Gang Xu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Shu Rong

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Li-Jun Sun

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jun Wu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Bing Dai

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Dong-Ping Chen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Yu-Xian Zhu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Yi-Xiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Yu-Qiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Xue-Zhi Zhao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Chang-Lin Mei

chlmei@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX ZGM LHH XZZ CLM. Performed the experiments: JX ZGM MK LHH DPC YX Zhu CLM. Analyzed the data: JX ZGM MK LHH CGX LJS JW YX Zhang CLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX ZGM MK LHH CYY SR BD DPC YX Zhu YQZ. Wrote the paper: JX ZGM MK CYY CGX SR LJS JW XZZ CLM. Helped to revise the paper: MK CYY. Gave advice to statistical analysis: CGX SR LJS JW. Helped to draw the figures: BD. Helped to revise the figures and tables: YX Zhang. Helped to revise the main body of the paper: YQZ XZZ.