About the Authors

Yuxin Nie

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China

Jianzhou Zou

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Kidney and Blood Purification of Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China

Yixiu Liang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Bo Shen

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China

Zhonghua Liu

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China

Xuesen Cao

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China

Xiaohong Chen

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China

Xiaoqiang Ding

ding.xiaoqiang@zs-hospital.sh.cn

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai Institute of Kidney Disease and Dialysis, Shanghai, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Kidney and Blood Purification of Shanghai, Shanghai, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YXN JZZ. Performed the experiments: YXN XHC BS ZHL. Analyzed the data: YXN XSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YXL. Wrote the paper: YXN XQD.