About the Authors

David G. Zacharias

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Sung Gyun Kim

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Alfonso Eirin Massat

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Adi R. Bachar

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yun K. Oh

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Joerg Herrmann

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Martin Rodriguez-Porcel

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Pinchas Cohen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lilach O. Lerman

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Amir Lerman

lerman.amir@mayo.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGZ SGK AEM ARB YKO JH MR-P PC LOL AL. Performed the experiments: DGZ SGK AEM ARB JH. Analyzed the data: DGZ SGK AEM ARB AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR-P PC LOL AL. Wrote the paper: DGZ YKO MR-P PC LOL AL.