About the Authors

Wei Liu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Lucy X. Fan

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Xia Zhou

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

William E. Sweeney Jr

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ellis D. Avner

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Xiaogang Li

E-mail: xxli@mcw.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL. Performed the experiments: WL LXF XZ. Analyzed the data: WL LXF XZ. Wrote the paper: XL. Provided feedback on the manuscript: EDA WES.