Charles Edelstein, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine-Renal Med Diseases/Hypertension

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Medical School:
  • MMed, University Of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (1987)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Nephrology (1997)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Renal Med Diseases/Hypertension

Research Interests

Polycystic kidney disease

Teaching

  • Professor (2005)
    School of Medicine, Medicine
    Polycystic kidney disease research, clinical, teaching

Publications

  • Campbell RE, Chen CH, Edelstein CL. Overview of Antibiotic-Induced Nephrotoxicity. Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Nov;8(11):2211-2225. PubMed PMID: 38025228
  • Oto OA, Atwood DJ, Chaudhary A, He Z, Li AS, Wempe MF, Edelstein CL. Metformin does not slow cyst growth in the PCK rat model of polycystic kidney disease. Physiol Rep. 2023 Sep;11(17):e15776. PubMed PMID: 37653564
  • Stenson EK, Edelstein CL, You Z, Miyazaki-Anzai S, Thurman JM, Dixon BP, Zappitelli M, Goldstein SL, Akcan Arikan A, Kendrick J. Urine Complement Factor Ba Is Associated with AKI in Critically Ill Children. Kidney360. 2023 Mar 1;4(3):326-332. PubMed PMID: 36758197
  • Surgical procedures suppress autophagic flux in the kidney. Brown CN, Atwood D, Pokhrel D, Holditch SJ, Altmann C, Skrypnyk NI, Bourne J, Klawitter J, Blaine J, Faubel S, Thorburn A, Edelstein CL. Cell Death Dis. 2021 Mar 5;12(3):248. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03518-w. PMID: 33674554
  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1. Klionsky DJ, Edelstein CL Multiple Authors Autophagy. 2021 Jan;17(1):1-382. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280. Epub 2021 Feb 8. PMID: 33634751
  • Atwood DJ, Brown CN, Holditch SJ, Pokhrel D, Thorburn A, Hopp K, Edelstein CL. The effect of trehalose on autophagy-related proteins and cyst growth in a hypomorphic Pkd1 mouse model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Cell Signal. 2020 Nov;75:109760. PubMed PMID: 32866627
  • Atwood DJ, Pokhrel D, Brown CN, Holditch SJ, Bachu DM, Thorburn A, Hopp K, Edelstein CL. Increased mTOR and suppressed autophagic flux in the heart of a hypomorphic Pkd1 mouse model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Cell Signal. 2020 Oct;74:109730. PubMed PMID: 32730856
  • Edelstein CL, Venkatachalam MA, Dong Z. Autophagy inhibition by chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could adversely affect acute kidney injury and other organ injury in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Kidney Int. 2020 Jul;98(1):234-235. PubMed PMID: 32437765
  • Brown CN, Atwood DJ, Pokhrel D, Ravichandran K, Holditch SJ, Saxena S, Miyazaki M, Nemenoff R, Weiser-Evans MCM, Ljubanovic DG, Joy MS, Edelstein CL. The effect of MEK1/2 inhibitors on cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) and cancer growth in mice. Cell Signal. 2020 Jul;71:109605. PubMed PMID: 32194168
  • Skrypnyk NI, Gist KM, Okamura K, Montford JR, You Z, Yang H, Moldovan R, Bodoni E, Blaine JT, Edelstein CL, Soranno DE, Kirkbride-Romeo LA, Griffin BR, Altmann C, Faubel S. IL-6-mediated hepatocyte production is the primary source of plasma and urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin during acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 2020 May;97(5):966-979. PubMed PMID: 32081304
  • Nowak KL, Edelstein CL. Apoptosis and autophagy in polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Cell Signal. 2020 Apr;68:109518. PubMed PMID: 31881325
  • Nowak KL, Edelstein CL. Apoptosis and autophagy in polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Cell Signal. 2019 Dec 24;:109518. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31881325
  • Holditch SJ, Brown CN, Atwood DJ, Pokhrel D, Brown SE, Lombardi AM, Nguyen KN, Hill RC, Lanaspa M, Hopp K, Weiser-Evans MCM, Edelstein CL. The consequences of increased 4E-BP1 in polycystic kidney disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31646342
  • Holditch SJ, Brown CN, Lombardi AM, Nguyen KN, Edelstein CL. Recent Advances in Models, Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Interventions in Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jun 20;20(12). PubMed PMID: 31226747
  • Holditch SJ, Brown CN, Atwood DJ, Lombardi AM, Nguyen KN, Toll HW, Hopp K, Edelstein CL. A study of sirolimus and mTOR kinase inhibitor in a hypomorphic Pkd1 mouse model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 Jul 1;317(1):F187-F196. PubMed PMID: 31042058
  • Griffin BR, Faubel S, Edelstein CL. Biomarkers of Drug-Induced Kidney Toxicity. Ther Drug Monit. 2019 Apr;41(2):213-226. PubMed PMID: 30883514
  • Lee DW, Kim JS, Kim IY, Kim HS, Kim JY, Rhee H, Seong EY, Song SH, Lee SB, Edelstein CL, Kwak IS. Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation induces acute renal inflammation through activation of caspase-1 and NLRP3 inflammasome. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 Mar;21(3):134-141. PubMed PMID: 30821713
  • Fox BM, Gil HW, Kirkbride-Romeo L, Bagchi RA, Wennersten SA, Haefner KR, Skrypnyk NI, Brown CN, Soranno DE, Gist KM, Griffin BR, Jovanovich A, Reisz JA, Wither MJ, D'Alessandro A, Edelstein CL, Clendenen N, McKinsey TA, Altmann C, Faubel S. Metabolomics assessment reveals oxidative stress and altered energy production in the heart after ischemic acute kidney injury in mice. Kidney Int. 2019 Mar;95(3):590-610. PubMed PMID: 30709662
  • Griffin BR, Faubel S, Edelstein CL. Biomarkers of drug-induced kidney toxicity. Ther Drug Monit. 2018 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30531196
  • Davis S, Gralla J, Chan L, Wiseman A, Edelstein CL. Effect of Sirolimus on Native Total Kidney Volume After Transplantation in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Transplant Proc. 2018 Jun;50(5):1243-1248. PubMed PMID: 29880342
  • Ravichandran K, Holditch S, Brown CN, Wang Q, Ozkok A, Weiser-Evans MC, Nemenoff R, Miyazaki M, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Parikh CR, Ljubanovic D, Edelstein CL. IL-33 deficiency slows cancer growth but does not protect against cisplatin-induced AKI in mice with cancer. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 Mar 1;314(3):F356-F366. PubMed PMID: 29070568
  • Zhao B, Lu Q, Cheng Y, Belcher JM, Siew ED, Leaf DE, Body SC, Fox AA, Waikar SS, Collard CD, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Ikizler TA, Ware LB, Edelstein CL, Garg AX, Choi M, Schaub JA, Zhao H, Lifton RP, Parikh CR. A Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Kidney Injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb 15;195(4):482-490. PubMed PMID: 27576016
  • Nadkarni GN, Coca SG, Meisner A, Patel S, Kerr KF, Patel UD, Koyner JL, Garg AX, Philbrook HT, Edelstein CL, Shlipak M, El-Khoury J, Parikh CR. Urinalysis findings and urinary kidney injury biomarker concentrations. BMC Nephrol. 2017 Jul 6;18(1):218. PubMed PMID: 28683730
  • Ravichandran K, Holditch S, Brown CN, Wang Q, Ozkok A, Weiser-Evans MC, Nemenoff RA, Miyazaki M, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Parikh CR, Ljubanovic D, Edelstein CL. IL-33 deficiency slows cancer growth but does not protect against cisplatin-induced AKI in mice with cancer. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2017 Oct 25;:ajprenal000402017. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29070568
  • Torres VE, Chapman AB, Devuyst O, Gansevoort RT, Perrone RD, Koch G, Ouyang J, McQuade RD, Blais JD, Czerwiec FS, Sergeyeva O. Tolvaptan in Later-Stage Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 16;377(20):1930-1942. PubMed PMID: 29105594
  • de Fontnouvelle CA, Greenberg JH, Thiessen-Philbrook HR, Zappitelli M, Roth J, Kerr KF, Devarajan P, Shlipak M, Coca S, Parikh CR. Interleukin-8 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Predict Acute Kidney Injury After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec;104(6):2072-2079. PubMed PMID: 28821332
  • Ozkok A, Ravichandran K, Wang Q, Ljubanovic D, Edelstein CL. NF-?B transcriptional inhibition ameliorates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). Toxicol Lett. 2016 Jan 5;240(1):105-13. PubMed PMID: 26546572
  • Faubel S, Edelstein CL. Mechanisms and mediators of lung injury after acute kidney injury. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2016 Jan;12(1):48-60. PubMed PMID: 26434402
  • Zhao B, Lu Q, Cheng Y, Belcher JM, Siew ED, Leaf DE, Body SC, Fox AA, Waikar SS, Collard CD, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Ikizler TA, Ware LB, Edelstein CL, Garg AX, Choi M, Schaub JA, Zhao H, Lifton RP, Parikh CR. A Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Kidney Injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27576016
  • Schmidt EP, Overdier KH, Sun X, Lin L, Liu X, Yang Y, Ammons LA, Hiller TD, Suflita MA, Yu Y, Chen Y, Zhang F, Cothren Burlew C, Edelstein CL, Douglas IS, Linhardt RJ. Urinary Glycosaminoglycans Predict Outcomes in Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug 15;194(4):439-49. PubMed PMID: 26926297
  • Klionsky DJ, Abdelmohsen K, Abe A, Abedin MJ, Abeliovich H, Acevedo Arozena A, Adachi H, Adams CM, Adams PD, Adeli K, Adhihetty PJ, Adler SG, Agam G, Agarwal R, Aghi MK, Agnello M, Agostinis P, Aguilar PV, Aguirre-Ghiso J, Airoldi EM, Ait-Si-Ali S, Akematsu T, Akporiaye ET, Al-Rubeai M, Albaiceta GM, Albanese C, Albani D, Albert ML, Aldudo J, Algül H, Alirezaei M, Alloza I, Almasan A, Almonte-Beceril M, Alnemri ES, Alonso C, Altan-Bonnet N, Altieri DC, Alvarez S, Alvarez-Erviti L, Alves S, Amadoro G, Amano A, Amantini C, Ambrosio S, Amelio I, Amer AO, Amessou M, Amon A, An Z, Anania FA, Andersen SU, Andley UP, Andreadi CK, Andrieu-Abadie N, Anel A, Ann DK, Anoopkumar-Dukie S, Antonioli M, Aoki H, Apostolova N, Aquila S, Aquilano K, Araki K, Arama E, Aranda A, Araya J, Arcaro A, Arias E, Arimoto H, Ariosa AR, Armstrong JL, Arnould T, Arsov I, Asanuma K, Askanas V, Asselin E, Atarashi R, Atherton SS, Atkin JD, Attardi LD, Auberger P, Auburger G, Aurelian L, Autelli R, Avagliano L, Avantaggiati ML, Avrahami L, Awale S, Azad N, Bachetti T, Backer JM, Bae DH, Bae JS, Bae ON, Bae SH, Baehrecke EH, Baek SH, Baghdiguian S, Bagniewska-Zadworna A, Bai H, Bai J, Bai XY, Bailly Y, Balaji KN, Balduini W, Ballabio A, Balzan R, Banerjee R, Bánhegyi G, Bao H, Barbeau B, Barrachina MD, Barreiro E, Bartel B, Bartolomé A, Bassham DC, Bassi MT, Bast RC Jr, Basu A, Batista MT, Batoko H, Battino M, Bauckman K, Baumgarner BL, Bayer KU, Beale R, Beaulieu JF, Beck GR Jr, Becker C, Beckham JD, Bédard PA, Bednarski PJ, Begley TJ, Behl C, Behrends C, Behrens GM, Behrns KE, Bejarano E, Belaid A, Belleudi F, Bénard G, Berchem G, Bergamaschi D, Bergami M, Berkhout B, Berliocchi L, Bernard A, Bernard M, Bernassola F, Bertolotti A, Bess AS, Besteiro S, Bettuzzi S, Bhalla S, Bhattacharyya S, Bhutia SK, Biagosch C, Bianchi MW, Biard-Piechaczyk M, Billes V, Bincoletto C, Bingol B, Bird SW, Bitoun M, Bjedov I, Blackstone C, Blanc L, Blanco GA, Blomhoff HK, Boada-Romero E, Böckler S, Boes M, Boesze... Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition). Autophagy. 2016;12(1):1-222. PubMed PMID: 26799652
  • Ravichandran K, Wang Q, Ozkok A, Jani A, Li H, He Z, Ljubanovic D, Weiser-Evans MC, Nemenoff RA, Edelstein CL. CD4 T cell knockout does not protect against kidney injury and worsens cancer. J Mol Med (Berl). 2016 Apr;94(4):443-55. PubMed PMID: 26620676
  • Ozkok A, Ravichandran K, Wang Q, Ljubanovic D, Edelstein CL. NF-?B transcriptional inhibition ameliorates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). Toxicol Lett. 2016 Jan 5;240(1):105-13. PubMed PMID: 26546572
  • Jain S, Keys D, Martin S, Edelstein CL, Jani A. Protection From Apoptotic Cell Death During Cold Storage Followed by Rewarming in 13-Lined Ground Squirrel Tubular Cells: The Role of Prosurvival Factors X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis and PhosphoAkt. Transplantation. 2016 Mar;100(3):538-45. PubMed PMID: 26457601
  • Faubel S, Edelstein CL. Mechanisms and mediators of lung injury after acute kidney injury. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2016 Jan;12(1):48-60. PubMed PMID: 26434402
  • Ravichandran K, Wang Q, Ozkok A, Jani A, Li H, He Z, Ljubanovic D, Weiser-Evans MC, Nemenoff RA, Edelstein CL. CD4 T cell knockout does not protect against kidney injury and worsens cancer. J Mol Med (Berl). 2015 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26620676
  • Jain S, Keys D, Martin S, Edelstein CL, Jani A. Protection From Apoptotic Cell Death During Cold Storage Followed by Rewarming in 13-Lined Ground Squirrel Tubular Cells: The Role of Prosurvival Factors X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis and PhosphoAkt. Transplantation. 2015 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26457601
  • Jain S, Keys D, Ljubanovic D, Edelstein CL, Jani A. Protection Against Cold Storage-Induced Renal Tubular Cell Apoptosis. Transplantation. 2015 Nov;99(11):2311-6. PubMed PMID: 26177086
  • Hladinova Z, Hruskova Z, Svobodova B, Malickova K, Lanska V, Konopásek P, Jancova E, Rysava R, Edelstein CL, Tesar V. Increased levels of soluble ST2 in patients with active newly diagnosed ANCA-associated vasculitis. Mediators Inflamm. 2015;2015:603750. PubMed PMID: 25802482
  • Ravichandran K, Ozkok A, Wang Q, Mullick AE, Edelstein CL. Antisense-mediated angiotensinogen inhibition slows polycystic kidney disease in mice with a targeted mutation in Pkd2. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2015 Feb 15;308(4):F349-57. PubMed PMID: 25537744
  • Lee DW, Faubel S, Edelstein CL. A pan caspase inhibitor decreases caspase-1, IL-1a and IL-1ß, and protects against necrosis of cisplatin-treated freshly isolated proximal tubules. Ren Fail. 2015 Feb;37(1):144-50. PubMed PMID: 25310769
  • Jain S, Keys D, Nydam T, Plenter RJ, Edelstein CL, Jani A. Inhibition of autophagy increases apoptosis during re-warming after cold storage in renal tubular epithelial cells. Transpl Int. 2015 Feb;28(2):214-23. PubMed PMID: 25270002
  • Ravichandran K, Zafar I, Ozkok A, Edelstein CL. An mTOR kinase inhibitor slows disease progression in a rat model of polycystic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Jan;30(1):45-53. PubMed PMID: 25239638
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Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Nephrology, Member
  • International Society of Nephrology, Member
  • Western Society for Clinical Investigation, Member
  • American Heart Association (AHA), Fellow
  • American Society of Transplantation, Member
  • American Physiological Society, Member
  • Western Association of Physicians, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Kidney Disease and Hypertension Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 7th floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0749

UCHealth Polycystic Kidney Disease Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Court
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 7th floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0749

UCHealth Glomerular Diseases Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Court
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 7th floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0749

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Nephrology, Board Certification
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Failure
  • Kidneys and Urinary System - Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Kidneys and Urinary System - Nephropathy (Nephrosis)
  • Kidneys and Urinary System

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MMed, University Of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (1987)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Nephrology (1997)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Renal Med Diseases/Hypertension
Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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