About the Authors

Tejas Desai

tejas.p.desai@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Afreen Shariff

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Vibhu Dhingra

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Deeba Minhas

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Megan Eure

Affiliation Department of Physiology, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark Kats

Affiliation Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinics, Gainseville, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD AS. Performed the experiments: AS VD ME DM MK. Analyzed the data: TD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TD. Wrote the paper: TD.