About the Authors

Bradley P. Dixon

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jeff Henry

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Brian J. Siroky

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Albert Chu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Pamela A. Groen

Affiliation Division of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

John J. Bissler

john.bissler@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BPD JH BJS AC JJB. Performed the experiments: BPD JH AC PAG. Analyzed the data: BPD BJS JJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPD BJS PAG JJB. Wrote the paper: BPD JJB.