About the Authors

Dongsheng Cheng

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Yang Fei

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Yumei Liu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Junhui Li

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Yuqiang Chen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Xiaoxia Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Niansong Wang

wangniansong2012@163.com

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC YF YL JL YC XW NW. Performed the experiments: DC YL JL YC XW NW. Analyzed the data: DC YF YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC YL. Wrote the paper: DC YF NW.