About the Authors

Desmond Y. H. Yap

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Susan Yung

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Qing Zhang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Colin Tang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Tak Mao Chan

dtmchan@hku.hk

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DY SY TMC. Performed the experiments: QZ. Analyzed the data: CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY. Wrote the paper: DY TMC.