About the Authors

Tadashi Toyama

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Kengo Furuichi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Toshiharu Ninomiya

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Miho Shimizu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Akinori Hara

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Yasunori Iwata

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Shuichi Kaneko

Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takashi Wada

twada@m-kanazawa.jp

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT KF TN MS AH YI SK TW. Performed the experiments: TT TN MS. Analyzed the data: TT TN TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT TN TW. Wrote the paper: TT KF TN SK TW.