About the Authors

John David Spencer

Contributed equally to this work with: John David Spencer, David S. Hains, Andrew L. Schwaderer

Affiliations Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David S. Hains

Contributed equally to this work with: John David Spencer, David S. Hains, Andrew L. Schwaderer

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Edith Porter

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Charles L. Bevins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Julianne DiRosario

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Translational Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Brian Becknell

Affiliations Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Huanyu Wang

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Translational Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew L. Schwaderer

Contributed equally to this work with: John David Spencer, David S. Hains, Andrew L. Schwaderer

andrew.schwaderer@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDS DH EP CB HW BB AS. Performed the experiments: JDS DH HW JD AS. Analyzed the data: JDS DH EP CB HW BB AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP CB. Wrote the paper: JDS DH EP CB BB AS.