About the Authors

Zhou Jing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Yuan Wei-jie

YWJ4169@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Nephrology The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Zhu Nan

Affiliation Department of Nephrology The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Zhou Yi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Wang Ling

Affiliation Department of Nephrology The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJ YW-J. Performed the experiments: ZJ YW-J ZN ZY WL. Analyzed the data: ZJ YW-J. Wrote the paper: ZJ.