About the Authors

Yoshiyuki Morishita

ymori@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Minami Watanabe

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Eiko Nakazawa

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Kenichi Ishibashi

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

Eiji Kusano

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM. Performed the experiments: YM MW EN. Analyzed the data: YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM EK. Wrote the paper: YM KI EK.