1. From the Department of Nephrology (W.W., L.T.), Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China; Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (W.W., R.A.I., Y.Z., R.E.K., Y.X.) and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (S.M.R., S.C.B.), University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (W.W., R.A.I., Y.Z., R.E.K., Y.X.), Houston, TX.