1. From the Departments of Nephrology (R.L., L.T., Y.X.) and Urology (C.Z.), Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China; Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (R.L., W.Z., C.Z., Y.Z., H.W., J.J., R.E.K., Y.X.) and Internal Medicine (W.Z.), University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston (J.J., W.Z., R.E.K., Y.X.); and Department of Anesthesiology,...