About the Authors

Feng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Wang, Tao Xing

zyzwq1030@163.com (FW); wangniansong2008@163.com (NW)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Tao Xing

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Wang, Tao Xing

Affiliation The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

Junhui Li

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Mei Bai

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Ruimin Hu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Univesity, Shanghai, China

Zhonghua Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Univesity, Shanghai, China

Shoufu Tian

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Zhigang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Univesity, Shanghai, China

Niansong Wang

zyzwq1030@163.com (FW); wangniansong2008@163.com (NW)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW TX. Performed the experiments: FW TX JL MB RH Z. Zhao ST Z. Zhang. Analyzed the data: FW TX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FW Z. Zhang NW. Wrote the paper: FW TX.