About the Authors

Yusuke Sakaguchi

Affiliation Department of Comprehensive Kidney Disease Research, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Takayuki Hamano

hamatea@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Comprehensive Kidney Disease Research, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Chikako Nakano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kisei Hospital, 1-18-4 Nishi-mikuni, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0006, Japan

Yoshitsugu Obi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Isao Matsui

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Yasuo Kusunoki

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Daisuke Mori

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Tatsufumi Oka

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Nobuhiro Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Yoshitsugu Takabatake

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Atsushi Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Jun-Ya Kaimori

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 J8 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Toshiki Moriyama

Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, 1-17 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan

Ryohei Yamamoto

Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, 1-17 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan

Masaru Horio

Affiliation Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Ken Sugimoto

Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Koichi Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Hiromi Rakugi

Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Yoshitaka Isaka

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: YI received a grant and lecture fee from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YS TH. Formal analysis: YS TH. Investigation: YS TH. Methodology: YS TH. Project administration: YS TH. Resources: YS TH CN YO IM YK DM TO NH YT AT JK TM RY MH KS KY HR YI. Supervision: YI. Validation: YS TH. Writing – original draft: YS TH. Writing – review & editing: YI.