Contributors Amaya Albalat • School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK Natalia Alenina • Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany Johny Al-Khoury • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Samantha Alvarez-Madrazo • Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Angelica Amanso • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Michael Bader • Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany Tlili Barhoumi • Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Ghassan Bkaily • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Thiago Bruder-Nascimento • Kidney Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Mercedes L. de Bold • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa and the Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, Ottawa, ON, Canada Adolfo J. de Bold • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa and the Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, Ottawa, ON, Canada Ana M. Briones • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain K. Bridget Brosnihan • Department of Surgery, Hypertension & Vascular Research, Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Dylan Burger • Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Kevin D. Burns • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada G.E. Callera • Kidney Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada R.M. Carey • University of Virgina, School of Medicine, Fontaine Research Park, Charlottesville, VA, USA Aurelie Nguyen Dinh Cat • Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
xi