About the Authors

Rong Xu

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

QingFeng Han

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

TongYing Zhu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yeping Ren

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China

JiangHua Chen

Affiliation Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

HuiPing Zhao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China

MengHua Chen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China

Jie Dong

dongjie@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Yue Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

ChuanMing Hao

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Rui Zhang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China

Xiaohui Zhang

Affiliation Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Mei Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China

Na Tian

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China

HaiYan Wang

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

This study is in part supported by Baxer Clinical Research Award from Baxter Corp. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD HYW. Performed the experiments: RX QFH TYZ YPR JHC HPZ MHC YW CMH RZ XHZ MW NT. Analyzed the data: RX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD. Wrote the manuscript: RX.