About the Authors

Ying Fan

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Chengguo Wei

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Wenzhen Xiao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Weijia Zhang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Niansong Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Peter Y. Chuang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

John Cijiang He

cijiang.he@mssm.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCH PYC YF NW. Performed the experiments: YF WX CW. Analyzed the data: YF CW WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCH WZ NW. Wrote the paper: JCH PYC YF.