About the Authors

Yunfeng Xia

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Science, Guangzhou, China

Mark L. Entman

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Sciences and the DeBakey Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yanlin Wang

yanlinw@bcm.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YX YW. Performed the experiments: YX. Analyzed the data: YX YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLE. Wrote the manuscript: YX MLE YW.