About the Authors

Chih-Yu Yang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Fu-An Chen

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan

Chun-Fan Chen

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan

Wen-Sheng Liu

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Zhongxing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Chia-Jen Shih

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuanshan Branch, Yilan, Taiwan

Shuo-Ming Ou

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wu-Chang Yang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Ching Lin

lincc2@vghtpe.gov.tw (CL); ahyang@vghtpe.gov.tw (AY)

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

An-Hang Yang

lincc2@vghtpe.gov.tw (CL); ahyang@vghtpe.gov.tw (AY)

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CY FC CC WL CS SO WY CL AY. Performed the experiments: CY FC CC WL CS SO WY CL AY. Analyzed the data: CY CL AY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CY WC CL AY. Wrote the paper: CY CL AY.