Circulating FGF21 Levels Are Progressively Increased from the Early to End Stages of Chronic Kidney Diseases and Are Associated with Renal Function in Chinese

• Zhuofeng Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuofeng Lin, Zhihong Zhou, Yanlong Liu

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China, School of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guanghzou, China

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• Zhihong Zhou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuofeng Lin, Zhihong Zhou, Yanlong Liu

  Affiliation Division of Kidney, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Yanlong Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuofeng Lin, Zhihong Zhou, Yanlong Liu

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Qi Gong,

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Xinxin Yan,

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Jian Xiao,

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Xiaojie Wang,

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Shaoqiang Lin,

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China

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• Wenke Feng,

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Xiaokun Li

  * E-mail: xiaokunli@163.com

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China, The Key Lab of Pathobiology, National Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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