About the Authors

Takashige Kuwabara

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Kiyoshi Mori

keyem@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Masato Kasahara

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Department of EBM Research, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hideki Yokoi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hirotaka Imamaki

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Akira Ishii

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Kenichi Koga

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Akira Sugawara

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Shinji Yasuno

Affiliation Department of EBM Research, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Ueshima

Affiliation Department of EBM Research, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Takashi Morikawa

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Yoshio Konishi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Masahito Imanishi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Akira Nishiyama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Kagawa University Medical School, Kagawa, Japan

Kazuwa Nakao

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Masashi Mukoyama

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK KM MK HY MI AN KN MM. Performed the experiments: TK HI AI KK TM YK MI AN. Analyzed the data: TK KM MK HY AS SY KU KN MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK KM. Wrote the paper: TK KM MM.