About the Authors
- Hwee-Yeong Ng
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Affiliations Department of Advanced Medicine for Uremia, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Maimaiti Yisireyili
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Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Uremia, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Shinichi Saito
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Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Uremia, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Chien-Te Lee
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yelixiati Adelibieke
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Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Uremia, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Fuyuhiko Nishijima
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Affiliation Biomedical Research Laboratories, Kureha Co., Tokyo, Japan
- Toshimitsu Niwa
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* E-mail: tniwa@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Uremia, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Competing Interests
FN is employed by Kureha. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HN TN. Performed the experiments: HN MY SS YA FN. Analyzed the data: HN TN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL TN. Wrote the paper: HN TN.