About the Authors
- Yusuke Sakaguchi
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Affiliation Department of Comprehensive Kidney Disease Research, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Takayuki Hamano
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kisei Hospital, 1-18-4 Nishi-mikuni, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0006, Japan
- Yoshitsugu Obi
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Isao Matsui
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Yasuo Kusunoki
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Daisuke Mori
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Tatsufumi Oka
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Nobuhiro Hashimoto
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Yoshitsugu Takabatake
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Atsushi Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Jun-Ya Kaimori
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Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 J8 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Toshiki Moriyama
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Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, 1-17 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
- Ryohei Yamamoto
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Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, 1-17 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
- Masaru Horio
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Affiliation Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Ken Sugimoto
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Koichi Yamamoto
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Hiromi Rakugi
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Yoshitaka Isaka
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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.