About the Authors

Ya-Li Zheng

yalinew@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Congyu Li

Affiliation Pharmerit North America, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ya-Fang Hu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Li Cao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Hui Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Bo Li

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Xiao-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Li Bao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Hong-Yan Luo

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, China

Varsha Shukla

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Niranjana D. Amin

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Harish C. Pant

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared the following interests: Congyu Li is employed by Pharmerit North America. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ YH . Performed the experiments: YZ LC HW XL LB HL VS NA. Analyzed the data: CL BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH. Wrote the paper: YZ CL YH HP.