About the Authors

Laura E. A. Harrison

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom

James O. Burton

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom

Cheuk-Chun Szeto

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Philip K. T. Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Christopher W. McIntyre

chris.mcintyre@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWM JOB. Performed the experiments: JOB CCS PKT. Analyzed the data: LEAH JOB CCS PKT CWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LEAH JOB CCS PKL. Wrote the paper: LEAH JOB CCS PKL CWM.