About the Authors

Juan Yang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Fengming Zhu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Xiaohui Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Fifth Hospital of Wuhan, 122 Xianzheng Street, Hanyang district, Wuhan 430050, Hubei, China

Weiqi Yao

Affiliation Wuhan Hamilton Biotechnology-Co.LTD., B6-4, Wuhan institute of biotechnology, #666 Gaoxin Road, Wuhan 430073, Hubei, China

Meng Wang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Guangchang Pei

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Zhizhi Hu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Yujiao Guo

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Zhi Zhao

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Pengge Wang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Jingyi Mou

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Jie Sun

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Rui Zeng

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Gang Xu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Wenhui Liao

liaowh126@126.com (WL); yaoyingkk@126.com (YY)

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Ying Yao

liaowh126@126.com (WL); yaoyingkk@126.com (YY)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ GX WL YY. Performed the experiments: JY XW MW FZ. Analyzed the data: GP ZH YG ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW JM JS WY. Wrote the paper: JY RZ.