The soluble VEGF receptor sFlt-1 contributes to endothelial dysfunction in IgA nephropathy

• Yaling Zhai ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ YL Zhai and YX Liu are the co-first authors.

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Youxia Liu ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ YL Zhai and YX Liu are the co-first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China

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• Yuanyuan Qi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Xiaoqing Long,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Jingge Gao,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Xingchen Yao,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Yazhuo Chen,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Xinnian Wang,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Shan Lu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Zhanzheng Zhao

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhanzhengzhao@zzu.edu.cn

  Affiliation The Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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