About the Authors

Aline Lázara Resende

alinelr@usp.br

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciene Machado dos Reis

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cristiane Bitencourt Dias

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Melani Ribeiro Custódio

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Vanda Jorgetti

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Viktoria Woronik

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALR LMR VJ VW. Performed the experiments: ALR LMR MRC VJ. Analyzed the data: ALR LMR CBD VW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALR LMR VJ. Wrote the paper: ALR LMR VJ VW.