About the Authors

Xiqian Lan

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Partab Rai

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Nirupama Chandel

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Kang Cheng

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Rivka Lederman

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Moin A. Saleem

Affiliation Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom

Peter W. Mathieson

Affiliation Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom

Mohammad Husain

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

John T. Crosson

Affiliation Department of Lab Medicine Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Kalpna Gupta

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Ashwani Malhotra

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Pravin C. Singhal

psinghal@nshs.edu

Affiliation Renal Molecular Research Laboratoy, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, Great Neck, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL MAS PCS RL PWM. Performed the experiments: XL NC PR RL PWM. Analyzed the data: MH KC AM JTC KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAS PWM. Wrote the paper: XL PCS.