About the Authors

Su-Mi Kim

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Yang-Gyun Kim

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Kyung-Hwan Jeong

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Sang-Ho Lee

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Tae-Won Lee

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Chun-Gyoo Ihm

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Ju-Young Moon

jymoon@khu.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYM. Performed the experiments: SMK. Analyzed the data: KHJ YGK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHL TWL CGI. Wrote the paper: SMK.