About the Authors

Diana J. Leeming

Affiliation Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Morten A. Karsdal

Affiliation Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark

Lars M. Rasmussen

Affiliation Odense University Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense, Denmark

Alexandra Scholze

Affiliation Odense University Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Martin Tepel

mtepel@health.sdu.dk

Affiliation Odense University Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

DJL and MAK are employees of Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark. MAK holds stock options of Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark. No other conflict of interest was reported. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJL MAK LMR AS MT. Performed the experiments: DJL LMR AS MT. Analyzed the data: DJL MAK LMR AS MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJL MAK LMR AS MT. Wrote the paper: DJL MAK LMR AS MT.