About the Authors

Fengxia Xiao

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Joseph Zimpelmann

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Samih Agaybi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Susan B. Gurley

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lawrence Puente

Affiliation Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kevin D. Burns

kburns@ottawahospital.on.ca

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDB. Performed the experiments: FX JZ SA LP. Analyzed the data: FX JZ LP KDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SBG. Wrote the paper: FX LP KDB.