About the Authors

Wan Ahmad Hafiz Wan Md Adnan

wahafiz@um.edu.my

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nur Lisa Zaharan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mun Hoe Wong

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Soo Kun Lim

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

WAH and NLZ are of Muslim faith and observe the fasting of Ramadan.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WAH SKL. Performed the experiments: WAH MHW. Analyzed the data: NLZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKL. Wrote the paper: WAH NLZ. Grants are provided by: SKL.