Kurt J. Varner
David R. Bethune-Lederle Laboratories Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
LSU Superfund Research Program leader Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Increase Cardiac Vulnerability to Ischemia
Phone: 504-568-4742
Fax: 504-568-2361
Email: kvarne@lsuhsc.edu
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Research Interests:
Mechanisms by which oxidative stress produces cardiac dysfunction. Examination and characterization of the cardiac, cardiovascular, cardiovascular reflex and sympathetic nerve responses elicited by the acute and chronic administration of sympathomimetic stimulants. Effects of aerosolized air pollutants (ultra fine particles) on cardiac function.
Recent Publications:
2015
Burn, B.R., Varner. K.J. 2015. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 308(9):H998-H1006. Doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00891.2014.
2014
Lomnicki, S., Gullett, B, Stöger,T., Kennedy, I., Diaz, J., Dugas, T.R., Varner, K., Carlin, D., Dellinger, B., and Cormier, S.A. 2013. International Journal of Toxicology. 33(1):3-13. Doi: 10.1177/1091581813519686. PMCID: PMC3944372
2013
Kelley, M.A., Hebert, V.Y., Thibeaux, T.M., Orchard, M.A., Hasan, F., Cormier, S.A., Thevenot, P.T., Lomnicki, S.M., Varner,K.J., Dellinger, B, Latimer, B.M., Dugas, T.R. 2013. . Chem. Res. Toxicol. 26(12):1862-71. Doi: 10.1021/tx400227s.
2012
Feng, Y., Hans C.P., McIlwain E., Seth D., Navar L.G., Varner K.J. and Lazartigues E. 2012. PLoS One. 7(11):e48910. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048910.
Mahne S., Chuang G.C., Pankey E.A., Kiruri L., Kadowitz P.J., Dellinger B., Varner K.J. 2012. . Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 303(9):1135-1142. Doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00545.2012. PMCID: PMC3517644.
Varner, K.J., Daigle, K., Weed, P.F., Lewis, P.B., Mahne, S.E., Sankaranarayanan, A. and Winsauer, P.J. 2012. . Psychopharm. 225:675-685.
2011
Lord, K., Moll, D., Lindsey, J.K., Mahne, S., Raman, G., Dugas, T., Cormier, S., Troxlair, D., Lomnicki, S., Dellinger, B., & Varner, K. 2011. J Recept Signal Transduct Res. 31(2):157-67. Doi: 10.3109/10799893.2011.555767. PMCID:PMC3152960
Katz, PS, Trask, A.J., Souza-Smith, F.M., Hutchinson, K.P., Galantowicz, M., Lord, K.C., Stewart, J.A., Cismowski, M.J., Varner, K.J. and Lucchesi, P.A. 2011. . Basic Res Cardiol. 106(6):1123-1134.
Souza-Smith, F.M., Katz, P.S., Trask, A.J., Stewart, J.A. Jr, Lord, K.C., Varner, K.J., Vassallo, D.V., Lucchesi, P.A. 2011. PLoS One. 6(8):e23337.
2010
Walsh, M., Cormier, S.A., Varner, K., & Dellinger, B. 2010. EM. 26-30. PMCID: PMC3368582