About the Authors

Kleiton Augusto dos Santos Silva

ksilva@unifesp.br

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rafael da Silva Luiz

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rodolfo Rosseto Rampaso

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nayda Parísio de Abreu

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Édson Dias Moreira

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cristiano Teixeira Mostarda

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Kátia De Angelis

Affiliation Laboratory of Translational Physiology, Nove de Julho University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Vicente de Paulo Castro Teixeira

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria Cláudia Irigoyen

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nestor Schor

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAdSS NPdA KDA MCI NS. Performed the experiments: KAdSS CTM ÉDM. Analyzed the data: KAdSS CTM KDA MCI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAdSS RdSL RRR CTM. Wrote the paper: KAdSS VdPCT NS.