Xiaowen Rudner-Hobden, PhD

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	Xiaowen Rudner-Hobden, PhD Assistant Professor of Clinical Research Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1901 Perdido Street Suite 3205 New Orleans, LA 70112 504.568.4638 Phone xrudne@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	PhD -- 1992 Anatomy and Cell Biology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Bio	Dr. Rudner joined the faculty of LSU School of Medicine in 2004 after spending three years as a staff scientist at Pall Corporation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During her years at Wayne State University, she also taught classes in Basic Mechanisms of Human Disease, Introduction to Human Anatomy, and was a lab instructor in Gross Anatomy. Post-Doctoral Fellowships Department of Anatomy/Cell Biology 1992-1995 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Department of Medicine 1993-1995 Duke University, Durham, NC Department of Anesthesiology 1995-1998 Duke University, Durham, NC Department of Anatomy/Cell Biology 1998-2001 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Selected Publications	Ruan S, Mckinley L, Zheng M, Rudner X, D’Souza A, Kolls JK, Shellito JE. Interleukin-12 and host defense against murine Pneumocystis pneumonia. Infect Immun, 76:2130-2137, 2008. D’Souza AJ, Rudner XL, Ruan SB, and Shellito JE. Alcohol impairs the ubiquitin-proteosome pathway of alveolar macrophages exposed to Klebsiella pneumoniae. American Thoracic Society, 2008 Happel KI, Rudner, X, Quinton LJ, Movassaghi JL, Clark S, Odden AR, Zhang P, Bagby GJ, Nelson S, and Shellito JE. Acute alcohol intoxication suppresses the pulmonary ELR-negative CXC chemokine response to lipopolysaccharide. Alcohol 41:325-333, 2007. Rudner XL, Happel KI, Young EA, and Shellito JE. Interleukin-23 (IL-23)-IL-17 cytokine axis in murine Pneumocystis carinii infection. Infect Immun 75:3055-3061, 2007.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Research Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Clinical Research
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine