About the Authors

Shiyo Muratsu-Ikeda

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masaomi Nangaku

mnangaku-tky@umin.ac.jp (MN); inagi-npr@umin.ac.jp (RI)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoichiro Ikeda

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuhiro Tanaka

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takehiko Wada

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Reiko Inagi

mnangaku-tky@umin.ac.jp (MN); inagi-npr@umin.ac.jp (RI)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMI MN RI. Performed the experiments: SMI YI RI. Analyzed the data: SMI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT. Wrote the manuscript: SMI. Technical support: YI. Technical advice: TT TW.