About the Authors

José T. Ortiz-Pérez

jtortiz@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Thorax Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Marta Riera

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d’investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Bosch

Affiliation Thorax Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Teresa M. De Caralt

Affiliation Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Radiology Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rosario J. Perea

Affiliation Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Radiology Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Julio Pascual

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d’investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain

María José Soler

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d’investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTO MJS. Performed the experiments: MR MJS. Analyzed the data: JTO RJP TMD. Wrote the paper: JTO MR MJS. Contributed with critical revision: XB JP.