About the Authors

Christof Keller

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Sven Kroening

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Jonathan Zuehlke

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Frank Kunath

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Bettina Krueger

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Margarete Goppelt-Struebe

margarete.goppelt-struebe@uk-erlangen.de

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: CK SK JZ. Analyzed the data: CK SK JZ. Wrote the paper: BK MGS. Conceived the project and designed experiments: MGS. Provided human kidney sections for the isolation of tubular cells: FK. Read and approved the final manuscript: CK SK JZ FK BK MGS.