About the Authors

Hanshuang Shao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James H.-C. Wang

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Martin R. Pollak

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alan Wells

wellsa@upmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh VA Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS AW. Performed the experiments: HS. Analyzed the data: HS JHCW MRP AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHCW MRP. Wrote the paper: HS AW. Reviewed and amended the manuscript: JHSW MRP.