About the Authors

Rachel E. Carlisle

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Elise Brimble

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Kaitlyn E. Werner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Gaile L. Cruz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Kjetil Ask

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Alistair J. Ingram

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Jeffrey G. Dickhout

jdickhou@stjosham.on.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: REC EB AJI JGD. Performed the experiments: REC EB KEW GLC AJI KA JGD. Analyzed the data: REC EB KEW GLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJI KA JGD. Wrote the paper: REC EB KEW GLC AJI JGD.