About the Authors

Renfang Song

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Graeme Preston

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Atsuhiro Ichihara

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Institute of Endocrinology and Hypertention, Tokyo, Japan

Ihor V. Yosypiv

iiosipi@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS IVY. Performed the experiments: RS GP. Analyzed the data: RS IVY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI. Wrote the paper: RS IVY. Contributed in part to the generation and/or confirmation of PRR-floxed mice: AI.