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Bryan Kestenbaum is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular attention to nephrology. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including genetics, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics covered in Kestenbaum's research include chronic kidney disease and diabetes, dialysis and renal disease management, vitamin D research studies, myeloproliferative neoplasms diagnosis and treatment, parathyroid disorders and treatments, acute myeloid leukemia research, and hemoglobinopathies and related disorders.

Notable recent publications by Bryan Kestenbaum include:

  • Impaired skeletal muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics and physical performance in chronic kidney disease, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Glycerol-3-phosphate is an FGF23 regulator derived from the injured kidney, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Association of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential with Worse Kidney Function and Anemia in Two Cohorts of Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, 2022, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Serum Aldosterone Concentration, Blood Pressure, and Coronary Artery Calcium, 2020, Hypertension
  • Kidney Clearance of Secretory Solutes Is Associated with Progression of CKD: The CRIC Study, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Bryan Kestenbaum has frequently published in the following journals:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Kidney Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kestenbaum include:

  • Ian H. de Boer
  • Andrew N. Hoofnagle
  • Leila R. Zelnick
  • Cassianne Robinson-Cohen
  • Jonathan Himmelfarb

Best Publications

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Kidney Disease and Increased Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

    Maryam Afkarian;Michael C. Sachs;Bryan Kestenbaum;Irl B. Hirsch

  • Cystatin C and Prognosis for Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Elderly Persons without Chronic Kidney Disease

    Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Mark J. Sarnak;Linda F. Fried

  • Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

    Thomas J. Littlejohns;William E. Henley;Iain A. Lang;Cedric Annweiler

  • Effects of Phosphate Binders in Moderate CKD

    Geoffrey A. Block;David C. Wheeler;Martha S. Persky;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Association of Serum Phosphate with Vascular and Valvular Calcification in Moderate CKD

    Kathryn L. Adeney;David S. Siscovick;Joachim H. Ix;Stephen L. Seliger

  • Elevated risk of stroke among patients with end-stage renal disease

    Stephen L. Seliger;Daniel L. Gillen;W.T. Longstreth;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Relationship of Uric Acid With Progression of Kidney Disease

    Michel Chonchol;Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Mark J. Sarnak

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of incident diabetes in the Women's Health Initiative.

    Ian H. de Boer;Lesley F. Tinker;Stephanie Connelly;J. David Curb

  • Risk of hip fracture among dialysis and renal transplant recipients.

    Adrianne M. Ball;Daniel L. Gillen;Donald Sherrard;Noel S. Weiss

  • Association between Physical Performance and All-Cause Mortality in CKD

    Baback Roshanravan;Cassianne Robinson-Cohen;Kushang V. Patel;Ernest Ayers

  • HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are associated with reduced mortality in ESRD patients.

    Stephen L. Seliger;Noel S. Weiss;Noel S. Weiss;Noel S. Weiss;Daniel L. Gillen;Daniel L. Gillen;Daniel L. Gillen;Bryan Kestenbaum;Bryan Kestenbaum;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Rapid Decline of Kidney Function Increases Cardiovascular Risk in the Elderly

    Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Bryan Kestenbaum;David Siscovick

  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Albuminuria in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

    Ian H. de Boer;George N. Ioannou;Bryan Kestenbaum;John D. Brunzell

  • Fibroblast growth factor-23 and death, heart failure, and cardiovascular events in community-living individuals: CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study).

    Joachim H. Ix;Ronit Katz;Bryan R. Kestenbaum;Ian H. de Boer

  • KDOQI US commentary on the 2009 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of CKD-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD).

    Katrin Uhlig;Jeffrey S. Berns;Bryan Kestenbaum;Raj Kumar

  • Association of Oral Calcitriol with Improved Survival in Nondialyzed CKD

    Abigail B. Shoben;Kyle D. Rudser;Ian H. de Boer;Bessie Young

  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Inversely Associate with Risk for Developing Coronary Artery Calcification

    Ian H. de Boer;Bryan Kestenbaum;Abigail B. Shoben;Erin D. Michos

  • A Prospective Study of Frailty in Nephrology-Referred Patients With CKD

    Baback Roshanravan;Minesh Khatri;Cassianne Robinson-Cohen;Greg Levin

  • Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and cardiovascular events among older adults.

    Bryan Kestenbaum;Ronit Katz;Ian de Boer;Andy Hoofnagle

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian H. de Boer
Ian H. de Boer University of Washington
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Michael G. Shlipak
Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco
Ronit Katz
Ronit Katz University of Washington
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Mark J. Sarnak
Mark J. Sarnak Tufts Medical Center
Jonathan Himmelfarb
Jonathan Himmelfarb University of Washington
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Linda F. Fried
Linda F. Fried University of Pittsburgh
Michel Chonchol
Michel Chonchol University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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