About the Authors

Juan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Li, Xian Hua Gao, Qi Bian

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

Xian Hua Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Li, Xian Hua Gao, Qi Bian

Affiliation Department of Colorectal Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Qi Bian

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Li, Xian Hua Gao, Qi Bian

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

Zhi Yong Guo

zhiyong_guo@126.com

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

Xiao Bin Mei

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

Guang Yu

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

Hao Wu

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

Xue Li Lai

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

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Changhai 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: ZYG. Performed the experiments: JL XHG QB. Analyzed the data: JL XHG QB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL XHG QB ZYG XBM GY HW XLL WC. Wrote the paper: JL XHG QB. Helped to revise the main body of the paper: ZYG. Helped to revise the paper: XBM GY HW XLL WC.