About the Authors

Kristien J. Ledeganck

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Gaëlle A. Boulet

Affiliation Applied Molecular Biology Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Johannes J. Bogers

Affiliation Applied Molecular Biology Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Gert A. Verpooten

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Nephrology-Hypertension, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

Benedicte Y. De Winter

benedicte.dewinter@ua.ac.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

GV has received grant and/or consultancy fees from Novartis Belgium and Roche Belgium. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJL GAV BYDW. Performed the experiments: KJL GAB. Analyzed the data: KJL GAV BYDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAV GAB JJB. Wrote the paper: KJL GAB GAV BYDW.