About the Authors
- Ramin Farzaneh-Far
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* E-mail: rfarzanehfar@medicine.ucsf.edu
Affiliations Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Gary V. Desir
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Beeya Na
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Nelson B. Schiller
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Mary A. Whooley
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Desir has a pending National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 application to study renalase, owns stock in Ren Pharmaceuticals, is listed as an inventor on a renalase patent through Yale University, has served as a consultant or on the Advisory Board for Ren Pharmaceuticals, and has applied for a patent. The other authors report no conflicts of interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RFF GD MAW. Performed the experiments: RFF GD NS MAW. Analyzed the data: RFF GD BN NS MAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD MAW. Wrote the paper: RFF.