About the Authors

Xiao-Feng Song

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shen Yang, Liao Ning, China, Department of Histology and Embryology, Liao Ning Medical College, Jin Zhou, Liao Ning, China

Hao Ren

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shen Yang, Liao Ning, China

Arne Andreasen

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Deaprtment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Jesper Skovhus Thomsen

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Deaprtment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Xiao-Yue Zhai

zhaixy@mail.cmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shen Yang, Liao Ning, China, Institute of Nephropathology, China Medical University, Shen Yang, Liao Ning, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XFS HR AA JST XYZ. Performed the experiments: XFS HR AA JST XYZ. Analyzed the data: XFS HR AA JST XYZ. Wrote the paper: XFS HR AA JST XYZ. Read, commented and approved the final version of the manuscript: XFS HR AA JST XYZ.