About the Authors

Shou-Hsuan Liu

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Yi-Jung Li

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Hsin-Hsu Wu

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Chia Lee

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Chan-Yu Lin

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Hao Weng

Affiliations Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Yung-Chang Chen

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Ming-Yang Chang

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Hsiang-Hao Hsu

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Ji-Tseng Fang

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Hung

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Chih-Wei Yang

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Ya-Chung Tian

dryctian@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHL YCT. Performed the experiments: SHL YCT. Analyzed the data: SHL YCT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJL HHW CCL CYL CHW YCC MYC HHH JTF CCH CWY. Wrote the paper: SHL YCT.