About the Authors
- Rong Xu
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Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- Qing-Feng Han
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
- Tong-Ying Zhu
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Ye-Ping Ren
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China
- Jiang-Hua Chen
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Affiliation Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hui-Ping Zhao
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
- Meng-Hua Chen
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China
- Jie Dong
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* E-mail: dongjie@medmail.com.cn
Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- Yue Wang
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
- Chuan-Ming Hao
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Rui Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China
- Xiao-Hui Zhang
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Affiliation Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Mei Wang
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
- Na Tian
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China
- Hai-Yan Wang
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Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. This work was supported in part by the Baxer Clinical Research Award of Baxter Corp. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HYW JD. Performed the experiments: RX QFH YPR TYZ JHC HPZ MHC YW CMH RZ XHZ MW NT. Analyzed the data: RX. Wrote the paper: RX JD.