About the Authors

Makoto Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Masahiko Ando

Affiliation Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Ryohei Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan

Shinichi Akiyama

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Sawako Kato

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Takayuki Katsuno

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Tomoki Kosugi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Waichi Sato

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Naotake Tsuboi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Yoshinari Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Masashi Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Yasuhiko Ito

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Seiichi Matsuo

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Shoichi Maruyama

marus@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY MA SK S. Maruyama. Performed the experiments: MY MA RY SA SK T. Katsuno T. Kosugi WS NT YY MM YI S. Matsuo S. Maruyama. Analyzed the data: MY MA RY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY MA RY SK S. Maruyama. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MY MA S. Maruyama. Critically revised manuscript: MY MA S. Maruyama.