Ji-Yeun Chang: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jihyun Yu: Role: Data curationRole: Validation
Byung Ha Chung: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: Supervision
Jaeseok Yang: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Sung-Joo Kim: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Chan-Duck Kim: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Sang-Ho Lee: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Jong Soo Lee: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Joong Kyung Kim: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Cheol Woong Jung: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Chang Kwon Oh: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Chul Woo Yang:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-636X
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Giuseppe Remuzzi: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
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Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
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)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
28
August
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 8
Electronic Location Identifier: e0183826
Affiliations
[1
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital,
College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
[2
]
Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
[3
]
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
[4
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University
Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
[5
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital
at Gangdong, Seoul, Republic of Korea
[6
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital,
Ulsan, Republic of Korea
[7
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Bong Seng Memorial Hospital,
Busan, Republic of Korea
[8
]
Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
[9
]
Department of Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, ITALY
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors received funding from Novartis Korea, Ltd., a commercial company, for
this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to
declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing
data and materials.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183826
PMC ID: 5573298
PubMed ID: 28846737
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Copyright © © 2017 Chang et al
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Funded by: Novartis Korea, Ltd.
Award ID: CERL080AKR10
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-636X
Chul Woo Yang
I confirm that this study was funded by Novartis Korea, Ltd. and protocol number was
CERL080AKR10 (
https://www.novartis.co.kr/). The authors who received the funding were JY, SJK, CDK, SHL, JSL, JKK, CWJ, CKO,
CWY. The funder had a role of proposing a multicenter research and making 9 centers
participate in the study. The funder did not serve on the editorial board of the journal
and did not act as an expert witness in relevant legal proceedings. And the funder
did not sit on a committee for an organization benefit from publication of the paper.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
Subject:
Transplantation
Subject:
Organ Transplantation
Subject:
Renal Transplantation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
Subject:
Urinary System Procedures
Subject:
Renal Transplantation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Urology
Subject:
Genitourinary Infections
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Suppression
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Suppression
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Immune Suppression
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Immune Suppression
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmaceutics
Subject:
Drug Therapy
Subject:
Receptor Antagonist Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Immunosuppressives
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Endocrine Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Metabolic Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Infections
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Nephrology
Subject:
Medical Dialysis
